Mini rec vs dual Rec vid

[university81]

Haggertys just posted this, could interest some people

and their huge review:

 

[philb]

The comparison video is great. The mini seems to be more mids intensive while the full size sounded more scooped.

 

[sled]

I agree. Both are very decent.

 

[TX6Strings]

There was only one section in which I prefered the mini. The dual just sounds biggger and more open to me.

 

[fek]

There was only one section in which I prefered the mini. The dual just sounds biggger and more open to me.

+1. I am wondering though if the mini could be dialed in to be closer. Both were set up close to all knobs at noon most of the time. Some tweaking might get it more in the ballpark.

 

[The Hoff]

There was only one section in which I prefered the mini. The dual just sounds biggger and more open to me.

+1. I am wondering though if the mini could be dialed in to be closer. Both were set up close to all knobs at noon most of the time. Some tweaking might get it more in the ballpark.

My thoughts as well. Really seems like the mini can definitely get there. It seemed a little brighter as well as more mid focused. Really impressive though-it sounds great.

 

[cardinal]

The Mini sounds really nice. I thought its pushed mode actual sounds better than the Dual Rec's. Otherwise, I did like the big amp better. Maybe it's the way they were dialed in, but could be the tube differences in the power section, too. Either way, very cool amp and a great video.

 

[blackba]

The big dual rec sounded more scouped in the mids as was already mentioned. For clean and the low gain one I liked the mini, otherwise the big dual rec won to my ears. The clean on the big dual rec on the clip was a bit sharp on the high end, didn't like that at all. The Mini didn't seem to have the authority in the low end as the gain went up. It would be interesting to see the comparison again if both amps were made to sound their best, versus having similar settings.

 

[tonechasers]

is'nt the mini rec only 25 watts, carank that thing, actually give one to ola please, and thank you..

 

[petejt]

Good demo. I like that they showed both at similar settings, since lots of folks would assume the Mini sounds the same but in a smaller package.

this is what I heard:

The Mini had a much nicer clean tone. The normal Recto sounded harsh, terrible.

The Mini had more upper mids, whereas the normal Recto was more scooped in the mids, making it sound shallow.

Although, the Mini had less boldness on the bottom end, compared to the normal Recto which sounded much deeper.

I reckon both would sound great if ran in stereo.

 

[Shask]

I do think the mini had a better tone than most of the mini amps out there. However, I still stick to my original opinions mini-amps just don't bring the big-ness and I hear it in this clip. The Dual was definitely bigger, had more depth, and more low end thump. The only thing I didn't like was the Dual had more fizziness in the highs.

 

[locoed]

Theres a part on vintage mode where you can hear fizz out of the dual and not the mini,think slave the 2 and might have
a great tone.

 

[petejt]

Theres a part on vintage mode where you can hear fizz out of the dual and not the mini,think slave the 2 and might have
a great tone.

That's what I'm thinking too. Either run both in stereo, or slave out the Mini into the poweramp of the Dual Recto.

 

[philb]

I think the mini recto on top of the mini cab is simply adorable.