Poll
Question:
The modded files sound:
Option 1: Poorer
votes: 0
Option 2: A little poorer
votes: 0
Option 3: Can't tell the difference
votes: 0
Option 4: A little better
votes: 1
Option 5: Better
votes: 0
The experiment was cancelled.
Sorry, but I can't rate the change on a better or worse kind of scale. All I can say is different. I have crappy speakers though. :D It sounds less egdey to me, but I kind of look for edge in the tone.
I think you're quite right that everything makes a big difference in how these clips come out. Does everybody mic their builds with a SM57 off some standard cabinet/speaker configuration.... I wish. With the amount of filtering that goes on between an effect output and a computer speaker I count sound samples as a very general representation only.
Take care,
-Peter