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Back on topic, MOI a rule that worked for me when I was going through something similar in a different context but involving significant emotional turmoil was not to say or put in writing to the other party anything that I would not be comfortable with if retold or shown to an impartial third party - like a judge.

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Very slick set up. Where did you source the right angle USB connector?

Hillsong and Planetshakers are both from Australia. Both are leading edge in contemporary worship music and many US churches use their material. I forgot about the Aussies. In my mind Europe has way older culture than North America I guess I expected everything to be way more traditional. My background is Eastern Orthodoxy and we don't even have pianos in churches. To put Hillsong in context - here it is not a mainstream church, but it does raise a lot of money from its parishioners, has cutting edge studios and is very business orientated. The dominate christian religions here are Anglican and Catholic plus Methodists, Presbyterian etc. Very much like I find it in the UK. And in these the pipe organ is the dominate instrument, possibly supplemented by acoustic guitar for 'youth' orientated services.

Sad to hear that Math. Dunno if it helps and it has been mentioned above but putting the kid's best interests first (in addition to being a good thing) can help in stabilizing the impact of the swirling emotions you may be feeling for some time. One other thought - it is often said that people do their best creative work when they are in an elevated emotional state. If you are into song writing and/or composition, or have entertained the idea, maybe you can use those times when you now find yourself on your own to put your feelings into music.

Pianoteq recommend an i5 minimum. You need to take into account whether you will running it in stereo and the sample rate you wish to use. Pianoteq has many tweaking options. It would be a shame to compromise playability by running it on a sub optimal machine. I am not certain that it is optimised for touch screens so a tablet may not be an option. A laptop will be best solution, built-in screen and keyboard and enough USB ports to plugin an external audio interface, if required, plus controller,

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Aspen, thank you for you for insights on maximising the signal. Just spent the past hour crudely doing exactly what you have explained into my mono speaker to tweak things in preparation for a gig tomorrow night with a loud guitar player. While I don't own an SSv3 yet, I feel obliged to buy one in recompense for the practical knowledge you have so generously shared in this thread. Have to wait though till China starts buying more of our rocks again and our dollar recovers from its current peso status.

Looking forward to reading your review, also on how it compares to the XK1c

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Congratulations on the success of the SSv3 Aspen. Great to see the demand for this, those who agreed to take the chance on building the speakers and Sweetwater as retailer must be pleased with the outcome. Very inspiring being able to watch it unfold in this thread from first release. Leaves reality TV for dead.

So hypothetically if you close micced a grand piano in a smallish performance space taking into account the SS3 max SPL, and minimised the recording of any room reflections, mixed it down stereo then played it back through the SS3 positioned in the same place as the grand piano, the SS3 should provide a more realistic reproduction of the original, for a listener in the room than any 2 box stereo.

Precise L/R positioning? No, that has not been my experience. But that's not what an orchestra or an acoustic piano sounds like to me, either. One hears directional cues, for sure, but the Spacestation was not designed to replace your studio monitors when recording. This comes much closer to replicating the feeling of listening to an orchestra in a concert hall, or playing a piano in a reverberant room. There's different "stuff" happening across a broad sound field, all interacting in a sonically pleasing way. Before I go on let me make it clear I am not setting out to diss the SS3, just trying to get a better understanding of what the SS adds over mono. So if the width aural cues are not the same as conventional stereo is it more the case that the SS3 is using the stereo signal to produce an almost omni-directional mono signal?

SS3 owners or Aspen may be able to share some insight on the extent that the SS3 preserves the location of various elements on the stereo stage from hard left to hard right. For example an orchestral piece played through the SS3, is the precise positioning of each instrument section location retained when played back through the SS3? Similarly is the top octave on an AP sound mostly heard from the right side speaker and bottom octave mostly from the left? - assuming SS3 controls are flat and it is reproducing the stereo image as determined by the board.

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It will be interesting see how it performs concurrently with a modelled Pianoteq EP.

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Earlier in this thread Aspen said that either Aspen or Sweetwater will take international orders and where these are from a 230v country it will be shipped ready to plug in to 230v.

I would have to endorse your harsh and brittle comment Mitch. I heard a Hammond endorsed artist playing an XK3c system through a 3300 in a medium sized club at reasonable volume, and harsh and brittle were my thoughts. Like an extreme example of the difference between Solid state and valve amps. By comparison I was able to be about 10' from Booker T's 122 ( I think) when he toured here earlier this year and it was sweet and 'buttery' at full volume. A sim or an original Leslie seem to be the only two options. Seeing the Stones next week so I guess I will be able to hear how realistic Chuck's Vent sounds.

Very informative and well written review Chuck. I agree nothing beats tubes but weight is the killer. I switched from all tube combo guitar amp to the same amp with separate head and cabinet to cut down the weight. I would rather carry two 16kg pieces than one 28kg combo - particularly up more than one flight of stairs. If there ever is to be a tube version of the SS maybe a separate head and cab would be the way to go.