I recently discussed with Curtis Kent what the Tumnus would sound like when put side by side with his Silver Klon Centaur. We all know that each Klon is slightly different due to Bill’s delightful habit of tweaking the circuit (parts were more inconsistent than they are these days) so it sounded the best it possibly can… So, here is the Tumnus (that will sound consistent at all times) compared to his Silver Klon Centaur. Considering that another one of the originals will sound a little different to this one I think we got pretty close!
I’d like to personally thank Curtis for doing this, he did it mainly for his curiosity but also mine (and I generally hate comparison videos so this is a big departure for us), it would be beyond awesome if you could give his You Tube channel a follow here!
The Tumnus has a little bit of a high-mid or low-treble distortion that is not as pleasant as the Klon. It could be sparkle, but it sounds cheap at that frequency. Couldn’t tell you what frequency that is though. The Klon sounds much warmer and less brittle because of this. It could be a compression discrepancy.