Emax

I hear ya on the transients.  I agree.  It's hard to get a bad sound of the
Emax 1 no matter what you do or how you use it.

-keep Emax'ing



On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 1:39 PM, el macaco <elmacaco@...> wrote:

> Granted the emax always sounds good and with great character, but I like
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> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> From: jamesulibarri@...
> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:43:05 -0600
> Subject: Re: [emax] Re: using SDS with Awave
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> > Subject: [emax] Re: using SDS with Awave
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