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Post by drsax on Jan 3, 2018 10:46:48 GMT -6
Agreed, but think of the money you will save on comps and EQs 8) cheers Wiz Is that how I should sell it to the wife? of course
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Post by bluegrassdan on Jan 3, 2018 14:05:56 GMT -6
Shhh! Don’t tell anyone. It’s not ready yet!
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jan 3, 2018 14:15:49 GMT -6
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Post by bluegrassdan on Jan 3, 2018 14:51:39 GMT -6
Did some preliminary tests last night. Imagine a world where a tube preamp, a Helios-inspired eq with Neve 1073 frequencies and tube makeup gain, and an la2a, can all live together as one.
It sounds pretty sweet!
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Post by Vincent R. on Jan 3, 2018 15:06:32 GMT -6
Did some preliminary tests last night. Imagine a world where a tube preamp, a Helios-inspired eq with Neve 1073 frequencies and tube makeup gain, and an la2a, can all live together as one. It sounds pretty sweet! You have my attention.
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Post by c0rtland on Jan 3, 2018 15:42:48 GMT -6
RCA BA-2 is the classic tube preamp sound. Period. It is the sound in everyone's head when they transition from tube guitar amps to a tube mic preamp. If you push them they distort so smoothly you can't hear it, just sounds fat when it's flatlining a waveform. V series and REDD and OP-6 can't do that, it's technically impossible for them to do so with their topologies. If I had to trade everything else in and live with 16 of the same thing, I could do it with those. Gates SA-70 isn't far behind, more agressive sounding. Coil Audio makes their fine reproduction of that circuit. Learn to drive a BA-2 or SA-70, you might never need to use compression ever again, since they can do it for you. Having said that, anyone is welcome to buy my Langevin AM-5116-B's from me, they are widely loved. If you like 12AX7's as many do, they might be your bag. And I have an RCA BN-2 in the classifieds, it's an OP-6 / OP-7 hybrid from a few years later. 100% the OP-6 circuit, with the OP-7 multi-input stages added. Pretty easily changed to just be the OP-6 part. The most technically elegant pure simple tube pre sound? Maybe the Altec 458A. Fat wide clean clear forgiving. Fixed gain, wah wah. WTF, again, with the Beatles inspired cult of adoration for the REDD and the German? I guarantee most people shouting their praises haven't tried much of anything else. There's so many good options outside that stuff, and it to me honestly sounds so much closer to SS than any of the tube gear I like. I've got 46 types of vintage tube preamps currently, and have heard quite a few more than that (I've owned the real-deal Western Electric stuff too), so pardon the opinions. There's a lot of popular stuff out there that hasn't impressed me sonically. All that V stuff has input transformers that die easily, and can't take phantom power, unlike ANYTHING else anyone ever made. Lose the original transformers, lose most of the sound you were after. What do you know about rca mi-12160a's? (I'm guessing more than most...)
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Post by EmRR on Jan 3, 2018 19:36:44 GMT -6
RCA BA-2 is the classic tube preamp sound. Period. It is the sound in everyone's head when they transition from tube guitar amps to a tube mic preamp. What do you know about rca mi-12160a's? (I'm guessing more than most...) PA/Install grade line amp. I wouldn't pursue one personally. Input transformers in that line don't do the bottom octave that the proper stuff does. It's kind of a budget BA-3 if I recall the full circuit correctly.
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Post by c0rtland on Jan 4, 2018 9:35:27 GMT -6
What do you know about rca mi-12160a's? (I'm guessing more than most...) PA/Install grade line amp. I wouldn't pursue one personally. Input transformers in that line don't do the bottom octave that the proper stuff does. It's kind of a budget BA-3 if I recall the full circuit correctly. Thanks man. Always coming through with the knowledge.
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