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Post by theglow on Feb 1, 2020 16:44:40 GMT -6
Ask and you shall receive  I ran the original dry through 4 UA 140 plate presets labelled accordingly. I included the original files too so you don't have to go around mixing folders :-) Bear in mind my set up is hybrid and the simplest thing for me is to just bounce through my summer, dry in one channel and reverb in the other. I don't expect its changing much though. I do think I mixed wetter perhaps than the other versions, sorry. Dizengoff-with-UAThanks for doing this! The UA plates do sound good, but I feel like they don’t sound quite as ‘real’ as the Dizengoff. But still quite nice! |
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Post by waxstash on Aug 6, 2023 8:16:50 GMT -6
Anyone got a Type 140 they'd be interested in selling?
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Post by colorblind on Jan 18, 2024 20:00:34 GMT -6
I put a 50% down payment on a Dizengoff DA2 preamp last April. A couple months ago I reached out to Matt to see how things were going and the email bounced back (undeliverable). I was able to contact him through social media and he simply said that all outstanding orders are being refunded. Since then I've tried contacting him several more times, asking when I can expect a refund, but no reply. Just putting this out there as a word of caution in case anyone is thinking about sending this guy their money.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 18, 2024 23:01:06 GMT -6
That’s unfortunate. I always had good experiences with Matt in the past, sold my 2 d4’s, wish I still had them.
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Post by ontravelling on Jan 19, 2024 3:09:05 GMT -6
Yeah I bought a couple of DA2s a couple of years ago when I was going through an entire studio rebuild. Then life things happened which delayed everything and I just now got around to hooking them up. Big time noise and very low volume on both of them. I tried with different sources and different outlets and cables. I tried the email also and it bounced back. Hopefully I can find someone that will be willing to repair them. I opened one up and noticed there are a few smd components and I wouldn't even know where to start with that.
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Post by colorblind on Jan 19, 2024 12:44:30 GMT -6
Yeah I bought a couple of DA2s a couple of years ago when I was going through an entire studio rebuild. Then life things happened which delayed everything and I just now got around to hooking them up. Big time noise and very low volume on both of them. I tried with different sources and different outlets and cables. I tried the email also and it bounced back. Hopefully I can find someone that will be willing to repair them. I opened one up and noticed there are a few smd components and I wouldn't even know where to start with that. Bummer. Unfortunately, yours is not the first story I've heard regarding spotty quality on some of their units. Also not the first time the company has ceased to exist. Still hoping he'll bounce back, or at least return the money he owes me. Will report back here if that happens. |
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Post by svart on Jan 19, 2024 12:55:38 GMT -6
Yeah I bought a couple of DA2s a couple of years ago when I was going through an entire studio rebuild. Then life things happened which delayed everything and I just now got around to hooking them up. Big time noise and very low volume on both of them. I tried with different sources and different outlets and cables. I tried the email also and it bounced back. Hopefully I can find someone that will be willing to repair them. I opened one up and noticed there are a few smd components and I wouldn't even know where to start with that. I can say that two devices having the same issue sounds more like a hook up problem than a unit problem. I looked into the unit and it's a BA-2C clone I guess. Also looks like they use transformer I/O which means that you MUST use either real differential connections, or terminate one of the signal pins to ground. You cannot hook these up with an unbalanced cable that allows one of the signal pins to float as you would with a solid-state type of output. And the "low signal, high noise" sounds just like what would happen if you hooked up the unit using an unbalanced cable that didn't terminate one of the two signal pins to ground. Check the cables and see. |
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Post by ericn on Jan 19, 2024 13:21:24 GMT -6
Yeah I bought a couple of DA2s a couple of years ago when I was going through an entire studio rebuild. Then life things happened which delayed everything and I just now got around to hooking them up. Big time noise and very low volume on both of them. I tried with different sources and different outlets and cables. I tried the email also and it bounced back. Hopefully I can find someone that will be willing to repair them. I opened one up and noticed there are a few smd components and I wouldn't even know where to start with that. I can say that two devices having the same issue sounds more like a hook up problem than a unit problem. I looked into the unit and it's a BA-2C clone I guess. Also looks like they use transformer I/O which means that you MUST use either real differential connections, or terminate one of the signal pins to ground. You cannot hook these up with an unbalanced cable that allows one of the signal pins to float as you would with a solid-state type of output. And the "low signal, high noise" sounds just like what would happen if you hooked up the unit using an unbalanced cable that didn't terminate one of the two signal pins to ground. Check the cables and see. While some of the stories I have heard would point to this manufacturer having consistent sample to sample problems, I have to agree I would first try a cable with the - tied to ground if I was dealing with sending the output to an unbalanced input. I would also try running it into a known balanced input, like a padded mic input before concluding the unit was defective. Many have had great results with these. |
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Post by hadaja on Jan 19, 2024 14:28:36 GMT -6
I did really like his D684 Vari mu compressor. Mine had no noise issues. I think this was my first Vari-mu compressor, and then I fell in love with this style of compression.
The WT-Comp is a really good example of refining this style of compressor so it made the D684 redundant.
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Post by ontravelling on Jan 19, 2024 17:05:57 GMT -6
Thanks for the tips, I'll go try again right now. I also thought it was unusual for both units having almost the same issues. I'll try again with y'all's suggestions. They both got delivered in the same box and they could've gotten knocked around a bit as I noticed loose solder banging around in the one I opened up. I had previously ran a sm7b, then a 441 with a mogami XLR for both ins and outs then tried with Canare cables that I built, straight to the Cranborne 500R8 inputs 1 & 2. I then tried the same thing across the room plugged into the wall instead of the power conditioner. After that, I used a Pacifica into those same ins on the 500R8 with the same cables and mics and the signals from there were fine. I have a couple of mics from him and the 500 series reverb and those have never given me an issue.
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Post by ericn on Jan 19, 2024 17:10:24 GMT -6
Thanks for the tips, I'll go try again right now. I also thought it was unusual for both units having almost the same issues. I'll try again with y'all's suggestions. They both got delivered in the same box and they could've gotten knocked around a bit as I noticed loose solder banging around in the one I opened up. I had previously ran a sm7b, then a 441 with a mogami XLR for both ins and outs then tried with Canare cables that I built, straight to the Cranborne 500R8 inputs 1 & 2. I then tried the same thing across the room plugged into the wall instead of the power conditioner. After that, I used a Pacifica into those same ins on the 500R8 with the same cables and mics and the signals from there were fine. I have a couple of mics from him and the 500 series reverb and those have never given me an issue. Before trying just for fun try reseating the tubes, yeah never know. |
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Post by ontravelling on Jan 19, 2024 17:11:16 GMT -6
Good idea! Will do.
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Post by ontravelling on Jan 19, 2024 18:48:00 GMT -6
Ok. Just used an off the shelf mogami, checked the ground and also reseated the tubes. Much better. Still a tiny bit noisy when cranked but I'd never use it like that anyway. Now I'm going to sit here and check all of these XLR cables. One of the VU meters isn't working, but I'm getting clean signal out of both preamps. Thanks for y'all's help!
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