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The intent of the marketing is clearly to get folks to believe that the Neo Clone is the same pedal as the Small Clone, only in a smaller package. It is not. The 3207 used is a 9v chip, with lower headroom than the MN2007, and in the case of the particular 3207 used, arguably inferior tonal characteristics (including noisiness). The MN3007 is a 15V chip, and many people, myself included, run their Small Clones at 12V to take advantage of the higher headroom/reduced clipping. Unlike the difference in something like the power adapter receptacle, the difference in chips has a significant effect on the pedal’s performance.
If the Neo Clone is a great, compact analog delay, EHX should just market it as such, rather than marketing it as something that it’s not.
mgearMemberQuote:It also has true bypass. I also got the Behringer Vintage Tube Monster (vs. my Hot Tubes). It is awesome as well with a wide variety of tones (has a 3 band eq, built in noise gate, and true bypass).The true-bypass claim is highly suspect if you ask me. The Behringer site says “True hard-wire bypass.” This is something similar to what Marshall says and, in the past, MXR used to say about their pedals. In reality, they do not use true-bypass switching. I have not looked at any of the Behringer pedals, so this is only a guess, but it’s a guess that I’d bet on.
More info here:
http://www.stinkfoot.se/andreas/diy/articles/bypass3.htm
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