Grin.... Cant resist.. this is classic. As I've said in other posts... you cant have it both ways... On the one hand... there is no real <<hearable>> difference in acoustic performance between the CC board and the RC&S board. but then zip zap diddly dap... they are more "responsive and efficient" ... a difference that is no doubt unoticible to the ear. Isnt magic just wonderful ?? Cheers RicB >/ While I />/have not heard enough RC&S boards to draw a conclusion, I am beginning />/to think that t heremaybeasubtledifference.Ican'ttellyou />/exactly what that is, or even if it is for sure. But I am wondering. / ......That was my point. I don't know any difference that might be heard that would indicate whether the board was CC or RC&S, as much because that isn't the only difference as anything. I do know that at higher attack levels, the RC&S boards with the other changes tend to be very difficult to overdrive into distortion, but that's not unheard of in a good CC board too. and then.... >/In a RC/S board, tension/compression runs completely in the direction the />/Great Goddess intended -- longitudinally. Trees were designed to be very />/sturdy and elastic in that direction. Vibration will not be damped so />/much by hysteresis in the system, although there will still be *some* />/hysteresis. I would think a RC/S board, therefore, would tend to be more />/"brilliant" or "bright." / More responsive or efficient, I would say.
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