mvanmanen

The Ken Rich stackers are heavier. I have heard some people say "over-engineered." I think if you are putting a small keyboard on top the VV ones are fine...but if you are putting a keyboard with more weight to it then I would definitely go with the Ken Rich ones. I have both the single- and double-tier rhodes ones and the wurlitzer ones. Very happy with the quality. You get what you pay for with Ken Rich. It was fairly common I believe for people to modify the lid of their case to an essentially a split-case design to have a flat top: http://www.fenderrhodes.com/history/dyno.html

Old school Hammond Drum Machine like an Auto-Vari 64

I have quite a few electromechanical keyboards that I have restored to probably better then new condition. My rhodes, clavinet, and wurlitzer get the majority of play for their dynamics, tone, sustain, etc. My pianets are super cool but honestly get very little play in comparison. Especially the Pianet T. It has its charms, and I would never sell it. But it's just not as satisfying to play as a well set-up rhodes or wurlitzer. I would love to support a company like Valente but still worry that the fundamental action and tone is just not there. Hopefully I am wrong. It is concerning there are so few high-resolution recordings.

I completely agree regarding so much of the sound having to do with the speaker and cabinet. I like a very uncompressed sound for Rhodes and also like to scoop the mids. The do find that a Clavinet really interacts with the Pro in a musical way which is probably a consequence of the vibrato and earlier breakup. Put a Moogerfooger in front of it or a nice wah pedal and its pure bliss....

I have an early 1960s brownface Fender Pro. It does sound great with my Fender Rhodes....but honestly I prefer my blackface Fender Showman with 15" JBL cabinet. That said, my Fender Pro is my all time favourite Clavinet amp.

Any chance for a distributor in Canada like Long & McQuade? Anyone able to A/B the Spacestation to any of the Bose L1/etc systems? Thx