Caroline Shigeharu Germanium Octave - Limited Edition
Caroline Shigeharu Germanium Octave - Limited Edition You’ve been hearing about it for years, but now it’s center stage. “GERMANIUM: It’s so hot right now!”(Even though it really shouldn’t be as it’s a temperature sensitive material) Somehow, someway the 32nd element on the periodic table has suddenly become the magical difference maker of the audio path, the most desirable flavor of oat milk, and the guitar pedal version of cerulean from The Devil Wears Prada. And yes, although there are circuits and applications where germanium parts would make no difference whatsoever other than hype, the semiconductors made from this material can and will sound different in the right recipe. Two things can be true at the same time: there can be hype, and it can be warranted.So while it would have been easy enough for us to say “voila! We have substituted these germanium parts for the perfectly functioning silicon ones for more ‘authentic’ tones. Now give us money as we ride this trend” that just wo