Those sound like the words used years ago when we concluded it was broken.

You should have plenty of "range" when it's "working". You could go from very wide to very focused and it was not subtle. No lack of wanting more range becaue it went way beyond what you'd probably want in practice on both ends.

I agree on 861v4/G68 it does something but it's very very subtle.

- Fiddler (IMHO)

If you think listening to music is fun, try learning an instrument.
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