--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Bill Canty <Bill@C...> wrote: > Does anyone know the difference(s) between the Emperor and the > Bösendorfer 290? They're both Bösendorfers and both by Michiel Post, so > how different can they be? I've now got them both, side to side. The 290 has a more brittle top with less undamped sustain ringing. The middle is warmer but less focussed. The low end of the 290 is also warmer, not that the Emperor low end is brighter overall, the Emperor has more low and more high. It still has a lovely bass sound but seems to have more brightness in with it at the same time if I'm making myself clear. Pete Thomas www.petethomas.co.uk (Free Logic Icons, Environments and EXS Instruments)