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Originally Posted by Romanee /img/forum/go_quote.gif
If the Move's presentation is more upfront, how can the Hornet's mids and voices be more upfront?
[...boy -- talk about babbling! Oy.....]
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I dunno...it's kinda hard to explain. It's hard to vacalized and explain, without it sounding too, I dunno...rambling?
Whenever I goto a concert, usually it's a punk or rock concert. I'm almost ALWAYS front row.
The move is like a rock concert, in that it's not as bright sounding as punk rock(Hornet), with screaming and yelling(can't think of any other way to give a "brief" representation).
Even if you play in the same venue, with the same equipment and sound settings, when you listen to rock, there seems to be more imaging because the vocals aren't as "in your face", they're a little less aggressive. With the punk, all the screaming, it's a little louder (he's screaming, not singing), so it's seems like he's more in your face, and you feel a little more upfront, even if you are a couple rows back.
I dunno if that makes sense to anybody else but me, lol.
There was ONE song I listened to ALOT recenetly with both amps.
Pepper - Zicky's Song
The song had an addictive punchy bass line. And it also let you see how silent the amps were cause there was nothing but bassline playing like "badda bum bum---------badda bum bum" I will tell you, there's a VERY slight hiss on the hornet...mrarroyo also heard FAINT hiss on all his RSA amps. So I'm not alone. but the main difference between the two on that song, because theres no other instrument lines to clutter it up, was the snare drum playing in the background. On the hornet, it was a LITTLE more apparent and SLIGHTLY more foreward. Sounded SLIGHTLY crisper and a little more "real". Noticeable, but probably not the case if I wasn't A-B'ing the crap out of them back to back....
As far as portability, I may have to change my review a little, I'm kinda unsure at this point. After living with a hornet for two weeks, it was nicer carrying something smaller/lighter. But from another point of view, I was still holding it in my hand, or setting it on the desk or in my lap, so it wasn't really a nuisance in any other way except from the fact it being a little heavier and slightly bigger.
I don't think it's outrageously larger, but it definitly is noticeably heavier. The pics on the 1st page really do give you an accurate view of thier sizes in relation to eachother. The Hornet/Nano combo is great and compact, as they're about the same width. Do I think the gain in size is worth the SQ difference? Absolutely. I think it's worth carrying around a LITTLE extra to gain bigger bass and punchier sound, but that's just me. Those who carry things in thier pocket, the Hornet would be a better choice since it's smaller and noticeably lighter. I would say, MAYBE (with a very big emphasis on maybe) 1/2 the weight of the Move. Otherwise, if you're carrying in a bag, or in your hand, you can't go wrong with either.
Wow...more babbeling, lol.