Greetings, This is totally off topic, but I have to chime in here. The idea that one color of Sh101 sounds better than another is a myth. If you look at a schematic level, they are all the same outside of the plastic cases they are housed in. They are all exactly the same on the inside on a __schematic__ level.
The thing that differentiates the individual sound of an SH101 is on the __componet__ level. Some Sh101's definitely do sound "better" than others, simply because of minor differences in the tolerances of the discreet components on the motherboard. There is not a general sonic difference between the different colors, but each individual 101 sounds slightly different. These are the times where being subscribed to AH for 4 years pays off. Anybody want to have a heated discussion about Curtis vs. SSM chips ;) Take care, Mike Taylor sean deason wrote: > > when it comes to the SH-101's a good rule of thumb is: whichever color you do > not have is the most rare and hard to find. Example: friend of mine had a grey > one and he wished he had a blue one, I had a blue one and wished I'd had a red > one, someone one else I knew had the red one and wished he could find the grey > one. When it comes to the 101 the grass *is* always greener, uh... bluer....uh > redder? > For some reason though, to my ears, the grey version had a warmer, deeper bass > sound than the blue and red units, but it could've just been my imagination. > :^) > > sean "words of wisdom" deason > > Ghetto TR-707 wrote: > > > I think grey is the most common. Then blue, then red. > > Someone actually mentioned a while ago that the first batch of 101's were > > all grey. Then later Roland wanted to spark more interest in them and so > > they re-released them or something in blue and red, but they had lower > > quality components, just a rumor I think. I'll tell ya one thing I know for > > sure, red and blue look cooler = ) > > good luck on yr info hunt > > > > Devon > > ______________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- 'No map of the world should be without Utopia' Oscar Wilde
