i originally mixed down from cubase 5 through the focusrite pro 40 externall sound card to my pioneer 100watt hi fi amp into a pair of mission speakers. my bass playing came over amazingly rich .eat your heart out tony levinson! however since i bought a pair of beringher 1c speakers and just lately the A 500 amplifier it seems i have a lot to learn about playing. this amp truelyreflects your playing as well as how you are holding the strings and you soon notice that your fingers are moving when trying to hold a note. it then became apparent that hi fi speakers colour your music and you really donthear exactly whats on the album in a more true sound. i can switch of the bass and treble on the hi fi amp but it is still coloured, enriched and made to sound good. thats great till you try your track on another amp set up . its horrible. since monitoring through the A 500 i now have complete control over richness of each instrument their levels and the stereo spread. as far as affects go now that i have better recording levels the fx,s are doing what they are supposed to do and not coming up with new surprises. this makes the whole experience of recording and mixing light years easier. the independant volume controls are perfect for monitoring stereo spread and the sound is crystall clear. so clear that you budding artists out there are gonna have to practice your playing to a much higher level. this baby aint letting you get away with nothing. so it looks like death to the buskers! the speakers are 2 feet apart with a 15 " screen 1 foot from my face. oh i bought seinheiser earphones h.d.280 pro. they also colour the sound! so now the album will soon be released. SOUP by soupson. EXCELLENT AMP!
