stephen sawall":2e2uy8rn said:
Very cool Bob...
How similar or different is the speakers compared with your 4x12 ?
They're very similar and very different.
But seriously, there is a lot of common ground. I stink at describing differences plus, the cab sounds far different than the 4x12 and the Fanes aren't broken in so at the moment I'd say the Fanes are a bit crisper on the top end and there's a subtle difference in the mids that I can't describe at the moment (need more time with the cab), but it's not a bad different. The overdrive/distortion characteristics are slightly different too. not sure how to describe that one either. Much of the differences are subtle, but audible.
I'm very much looking forward to getting these speakers broken in because I can definitely hear them needing to loosen up. Once broken in I'm suspecting the difference between the two will be more apparent.
Part of what makes it difficult is that the cabs are very different sounding so it's tough to know the exact effect this has on the sound purely from the cab and also the affect it has on the way the speakers themselves respond.
All said, I'm glad I went with the Fanes...
SavageRiffer":2e2uy8rn said:
I wonder if a Valvulator + Power Station would be as good as having one of their amps. It would certainly be cheaper.
"As good" is a matter of taste. There's a lot going on in the Fryette amps that make the sum of the sound you get so while I have no doubt that it would sound fantastic, but it's not going to be a Deliverance, UL, etc.
Coincidentally, however, I was thinking along a similar line in that the two would probably be a great live backup along side the numerous other uses of each device alone.
