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| Re: Re-Amping Out of PARIS [message #105396 is a reply to message #105395] |
Sat, 03 July 2010 22:43   |
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Heya Lance - it's not really a no-no in the same way it's not really a no-no to plug your guitar or keyboard into a PARIS "in". It won't fail to work - but it won't sound as good as it would if you used a DI or preamp.
The following is "as far as I understand it" - I'm not an electronics whiz, and the more knowledgeable are welcome to chime in with corrections. But as far as I know, a re-amping box is really just a DI in reverse (sometimes with some added features like a gain control). It does a few different things - it converts a balanced signal out of PARIS into an unbalanced signal, it lowers the line-level signal to a lower guitar level, and it changes the impedance to closer to that of a guitar pickup, which is much more compatible with a guitar amp.
From the more practical side, though, I can tell you this for sure - if you like the sound now, I think you're going to like it a *lot* more after getting that Radial (that's a decent one, and the price ain't bad).
"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon
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| Re: Re-Amping Out of PARIS [message #105407 is a reply to message #105400] |
Fri, 09 July 2010 09:26 |
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I just bought the passive version, the Radial ProRMP. We'll have to post some results when we have a chance.
I went with the passive one because I'd already shot out pretty much the entire series of Radial DIs (including the ToneBone) against a Demeter, an Avalon and a REDDI - the active ones are great but were just a tad "active" sounding (go figure) for what I wanted to achieve as a bassist, and I suspected the same might be true for the re-ampers. But on the other hand an active reamper might be just the ticket for retaining perhaps just a bit more sheen and sparkle in guitars (a lot of us bassists don't really like that stuff on our axes as much  ).
Whichever way, it's hard to go wrong - they'll just be slightly different flavors of completely solving any potential technical reamping problems.
- K
"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon
[Updated on: Fri, 09 July 2010 09:28] Report message to a moderator |
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