If you are thinking about adding an analog eq, or replacing one, I strongly suggest you consider a (new) Sontec.
Very nice, congrats and welcome to the 'club'!
Hey -- I thought you left the club.
I am now trying to get him to make a simple cutter's eq in a 4-channel 1 RU box. If we can make it work, I think he'll have a niche for it, since many people would like to get the sound of his amps without having to buy the whole nine yards. Le Must de Sontec?
Not as rarified, certainly, as Paul's Prism Dream DA, but, still, "pret-ty good."
Cool. What do you have in mind?
I bought a second DA2 for monitoring but I'm still using the Blue. I haven't had a chance to put it in. I've been doing other stuff. I think I'll have a chance to stuff your EE board this weekend. I've been going crazy with the machine shop tools. They're more fun to play with than a new DA. The front panel will look home brew sweet.
Still figuring out the corners for the HPF. The low pass is probably going to be 15k, 16k, 17k, 18k, and 19k and off. 2nd order, Butterworth.
. I have an idea for an elaborate filter set for cutting. It's the project for "after the console is finished".
4 channel with the EE same box.would it be 'Salt' or 'Gold'?I can see a nice white ivory faceplate
Love that big Sontec logo! Looks like a better paint job (and hopefully better construction) than the last 482 reissue I have used.
Those wouldn't be my choices. I'd start much lower. The last three will be pretty much useless. Records for all practical purposes go to 15k. It's a dirty little secret. I have an idea for an elaborate filter set for cutting. It's the project for "after the console is finished".
Congrats on your 482! If you haven't already, try a boost on the highest parametric band, at 25k, with medium Q, for a presence boost
Did you read about Stan Ricker taking apart his 68, with a fried right coil and mating the good half with a friend's 68 that had a fried left coil and got the good parts to work together per spec?
I've been trying to avoid giving a snarky answer but you should really do some cutting before designing stuff for cutting. You have not considered the playback side of the equation. It's no problem getting that stuff on the disk. Getting it off the disk is another matter.
No, but that's as easy a repair as you could hope for. Most are not that easy. There are not adjustments in a rebuild. Either everything is right and fits and works or it doesn't. The Westrex is easier to fix but has to be tweaked to get it right.
By the way, how much time/cost/sweat equity would it take to turn a 1/4" A80 2-track into a preview version?
How does the new sontec sound in direct comparison with the Buzz?
Sontec MES-432D9 arrived yesterday faster than expected. Front panel beautiful, Quiet, Sounds great. I owned several Sontecs before (Including a 432/C9) and I could not be happier with this new one. I Called Burgess about 2 weeks ago and he said he can deliver in 2 1/2 weeks and I received it in under that. He was amazing to talk with and extremely generous with his time.
Very different.
Andrew, do you mind me asking what the turnaround time was for your unit? Did it ship with a backup opamp?
Congrats, Andrew!BTW.. I see you have 2 main analog equalizers.Are both running at stereo mode or one unit is dedicated for M-S tasks?Or do you prefer to do any M-S ITB before/after the analog loop?