richardpoodles

richardpoodles

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This pedal has 6 different types of reverb (4 modulated) where most reverb pedals of the same price or more will only have one of them, and they all sound great. It is an excellent practice tool that greatly outperforms the built-in reverbs of amps, and it sounds huge. I'm currently in the process of figuring out how to properly record songs with it, as most people online will tell you that recording with delay and reverb pedals are big no-no's (the "record as dry as possible and add delay/reverb in post" principle), but so far, I am greatly impressed. Works great for single-tracked centered guitar ambient leads, and I will revise this review when I've figured out how to properly record it, as reverb pedals tend to operate like compression in reverse (your quietest parts become faint and your loudest bits will rattle your speaker cabinet) and when I've tried it on my fretless bass. Only complaint is that it drains the 9V battery inside pretty quickly, but that's easily resolved with a power supply. Overall, it is a wonderful sounding and creative pedal.
The frequency response on these headphones are great, and the removable and replaceable cables and pads make these headphones a must-have, as most headphones you'd get at this price would wear out its cable and pads within a year. I've had mine for 1 year and half now and they have been my longest lasting pair of headphones to date. There is only one con to these headphones: in order to maintain its inward curvature to fit snuggly around your head, it uses small plastic stoppers under the bending points to keep the individual speaker encasements from bending backwards while you wear them. These plastic stoppers can break fairly easily, and they are irreplaceable. But overall, build quality and sound quality is top-notch. Highly recommend them.
I got this primarily for bass, but I've tried it with guitar as well, and I can say that this is one great DI box. I got it because in many comparisons on YouTube, it either stood alongside or actually out-performed some other high dollar DI boxes like A-Designs REDDI and the Avalon U5. After that, I thought because of this and the fact that it says Neve on the box that it would be infinitely more expensive than the others, but was surprised to find that it was only $269. "Shut up and take money" was my response. After using it, I can say that it is a great DI box. The signal that comes from it is clean and dynamic. A lot of other DI boxes cheaper than this one tend to be flat and err on the side of lifelessness and mud. But this one works great and the design is very simple and easy-to-use. I've tried it on my bass, and it sounds excellent. My bass sounds crisp, clean, defined and full, with no loss of low end (as well as high end and clarity) that is typical of cheaper DI boxes. I've also used it on both my guitars (one with active pickups, and one with passive pickups) with high-gain amp sims that usually don't sound that great, and it sounds just as excellent. The amp sims (LePou, BIAS, Nick Crow) have never sounded better than with this DI box, and without the sims, the DIs just sound like a really good clean channel on an amp. Pretty cool. If there was one feature that sets this DI box apart from the others, it's that you can use this DI box to record the direct speaker output of an amplifier (as long as you have a speaker load in the "thru" end and have the "speaker" option selected on the box) alongside your regular miced-up cabinet. So you can record your regular guitar/bass amp mic'ed up, but if you ever feel your cabinet doesn't quite cut it, you can use the signal recorded through the RNDI and use a cab impulse loader like Torpedo Wall of Sound or LeCab to use the sound of a simulated cabinet. Best of all, it's phantom-powered, so no need for finding a spare 3-prong plug like you would with the REDDI, U5 or BAE DMP. Overall, I love this device. It gets the job done, it's easy to use, it sounds great, and I have no complaints with it so far.

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