Quote:
Originally Posted by Anchoret
This isn't about my own personal tone-quest, but about confirming or dismissing once and for all all the yammering tavern-chat among gristlehead gear users about SMT effects being innately inferior to the old stuff in terms of tone.
To the extent there's anything to it, I want to know what it is, where it happens and how manufacturers compensate for it. If it's total nonsense, I want to be able to say so so they'll shut up and sit down so we can move on to more edifying subjects. 
This is not unknown information, it's just not accessible to consumers. |
Doesn't matter what the facts are. People will believe what they will, no matter the truth.
There is no conspiracy. The information is out there. For audio related info considering stomp pedals, well, the lack of such info is not due to a conspiracy, but due to the fact that the main components weren't designed for those types of uses.
As a consumer, I can get whatever information I need. Being in the industry for 30 years just makes it easier to know where to go for the info.
But to answer your question: SMT is NOT inferior to PTH, or vice versa. The whole question of tone, once and for all, is TOTALLY SUBJECTIVE. Whatever works for the individual is the best choice. Period, full stop, end of the line.
I just can't understand why people can't get that through their heads. Of course, manufacturers and boutique builders depend on the ignorance of the masses to make their coin.
It amazes me to no end how much money people will throw away just because of something someone said or heard. Like PT Barnum once said," There's a sucker born every minute."