Similarly, the VTL had a bit more midrange and upper-midrange bloom than the SF, so Emily Remler's guitar and Red Holloway's sax were tonally richer and more vivid. On the vinyl version of the Ray Brown Trio's Soular Energy (Concord Jazz LELP 111, Bellaphon 180gm half-speed-mastered version), Brown's bass sounded a little more prominent with the VTL, but more consistent across its range with the Power 3.
Its overall character was slightly cool, dry, and distant-exactly the opposite of the VTL's slightly warm, liquid, immediate personality. The Power 3 didn't sound perfectly neutral, however.