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31 | 48.44% |
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10 | 15.63% |
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19 | 29.69% |
| I don't hear much/any difference |
  
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4 | 6.25% |
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#16
08-17-2015, 06:33 AM
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#17
08-19-2015, 07:22 AM
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Any more voters?
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08-19-2015, 07:35 AM
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I preferred the VTS by an extremely small margin. Both sounded fine.
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08-19-2015, 08:04 AM
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I preferred the VTS somewhat. This may sound strange but, to me, it had a little less of the characteristic rosewood sound and leaned a bit toward a mahogany sound, which I like. But the differences weren't huge and I can certainly understand why someone would prefer the non-VTS. I did prefer the color of the VTS over the yellowish non-VTS top, but that wouldn't hold much sway in an actual purchasing situation.
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#20
08-19-2015, 08:15 AM
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The difference is well within the kind of variation you can hear within a single model to me.
So, can I really say the difference I hear is VTS vs Non-VTS? I don't know.
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08-19-2015, 09:02 AM
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Listening through my AKG K240 headphones I heard a clearly discernable difference between the two. For my tastes I much preferred the VTS. More complex, woody and sweet sounding throughout the range. Even a subtle vibrato sound in the trebles with the VTS like the voice of a great singer. By the way, I had chance recently to play a non-VTS Martin Authentic 28 and thought it was a fine guitar.
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#23
08-19-2015, 02:53 PM
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I preferred the non-VTS model.
For me...rounder, fuller, warmer, more earthy/organic sounding all strings, and all playing positions. The VTS is a tad brighter, dryer, cleaner sounding...but for me...a bit more sterile sounding because of that...but it might also have a bit more "cut" in a group because of all of that. The low E bass response in the all important first and second positions was better, to me, on the non-VTS...better...looser, rounder, fuller...like the Six Million Dollar Man...better, stronger, faster... On the whole...I think the VTS topped guitars might be a better way to go for the Bluegrass band players, with that brighter, dryer, cleaner sound. In person, I do think the VTS does make the guitar sound more vintage to some degrees...but not in others...but again...in a band, or group setting, I think it really would be the way to go. I think solo singer-songwriter style...the non VTS is the way to go for sure, and it could still work well in a band setting, depending on the particular guitar, and the surrounding overall tonal umbrella of the group en masse' Best Regards duff
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