EDIT: I was bored this afternoon, so I decided to do a shootout between my FMR RNP, the built in pres in my FF and my DMP3. This was done with and without a TS7, as well as with and without the cab being surrounded by a bass trap fort. It's just guits sadly (I don't have any bass gear here at the moment), but if anyone's interested, I'll update these in a bit with bass/drums so they're more in context. The tracks are raw except for HP and LP filters at 50 and 12k.
The general signal chain is Reamp -> 5150 III -> Mesa oversized -> 57 -> pre -> RME converters. The 57 was about 60/40 on the cap, very slightly off access, and about 1 inch back.
FF
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/FF.mp3
FF + TS7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/FF TS.mp3
RNP
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/RNP.mp3
RNP + TS7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/RNP TS.mp3
DMP3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/DMP3.mp3
DMP3 + TS7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/DMP3 TS.mp3
I definitely prefer the TS7 tracks on all accounts, and I think I prefer the RNP to the FF. With the supposedly lower quality DMP3, when it's A/B/C'd to these other pres I can tell the DMP3 tracks don't have quite the same level of quality as the other 2 pres, but I don't think it's a drastic difference. If I could do it again, I would have stuck with the DMP3 and just saved up for an API or Great River.
Roxul fort tracks:
FF
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/FF BT.mp3
FF + TS7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/FF TS BT.mp3
RNP
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/RNP BT.mp3
RNP + TS7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/RNP TS BT.mp3
The brown traps have 2 2" sheets of Roxul RHT 40, and the black ones have 1 sheet.
I was surprised to not here much of any difference between the fort vs no fort tracks. I guess either the traps are too thin to do much, or my room is big enough (20' x 25' x 7 1/4') that reflections aren't much of an issue.
The general signal chain is Reamp -> 5150 III -> Mesa oversized -> 57 -> pre -> RME converters. The 57 was about 60/40 on the cap, very slightly off access, and about 1 inch back.
FF
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/FF.mp3
FF + TS7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/FF TS.mp3
RNP
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/RNP.mp3
RNP + TS7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/RNP TS.mp3
DMP3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/DMP3.mp3
DMP3 + TS7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/DMP3 TS.mp3
I definitely prefer the TS7 tracks on all accounts, and I think I prefer the RNP to the FF. With the supposedly lower quality DMP3, when it's A/B/C'd to these other pres I can tell the DMP3 tracks don't have quite the same level of quality as the other 2 pres, but I don't think it's a drastic difference. If I could do it again, I would have stuck with the DMP3 and just saved up for an API or Great River.
Roxul fort tracks:
FF
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/FF BT.mp3
FF + TS7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/FF TS BT.mp3
RNP
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/RNP BT.mp3
RNP + TS7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3450474/RNP TS BT.mp3
The brown traps have 2 2" sheets of Roxul RHT 40, and the black ones have 1 sheet.
I was surprised to not here much of any difference between the fort vs no fort tracks. I guess either the traps are too thin to do much, or my room is big enough (20' x 25' x 7 1/4') that reflections aren't much of an issue.