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Post by peterhess on Sept 22, 2020 16:45:33 GMT -6
Curious if anyone has; and if they got any results worth crowing about! Thanks- P
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Post by svart on Sept 22, 2020 17:17:15 GMT -6
Curious if anyone has; and if they got any results worth crowing about! Thanks- P I haven't, but I did watch a video the other day where someone replaced the tubes with good brand name tubes and it didn't change a single thing about the unit, so that means the circuit itself is probably where the work needs to be done. |
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Post by johneppstein on Sept 22, 2020 17:32:54 GMT -6
I have not, but I've read posts that state that KT cut some corners that might make modding to a real Pultec difficult to impossible. I don't remember the details though.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Sept 22, 2020 17:44:38 GMT -6
I bought 3 when they first dropped. The high end sounded brittle and not smooth like a Pulgec. Sold them all in a week. I doubt they're worth the effort of modding.
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Post by progear on Sept 23, 2020 7:36:54 GMT -6
I thInk a member on the other forum changed the transformers to carnhill’s... would love to also find out some info also
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Post by EmRR on Sept 23, 2020 9:28:54 GMT -6
There was a long thread here. Biggest difference is the inductor, making the bandwidths on the boosts much more narrow than standard. If you replace that, you probably have to replace the associated caps. Is there room on the board to easily do that? Dunno. Do that before doing ANYTHING ELSE if it's Pultec sound and shape you are after.
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Post by drbill on Sept 23, 2020 10:27:02 GMT -6
It's a Pultec STYLE EQ, not a Pultec. I LOVE mine. I use mostly the 800Hz, extended HF option to warm up brittle guitars. Works great for that. Don't use the HF much.
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Post by johneppstein on Sept 23, 2020 17:42:31 GMT -6
It's a Pultec STYLE EQ, not a Pultec. Yeah. But what do they mean by "style"? |
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Post by drbill on Sept 23, 2020 18:48:24 GMT -6
It's a Pultec STYLE EQ, not a Pultec. Yeah. But what do they mean by "style"? I don't think "they" mean anything. That was my perspective. They market it as an EQP like many other companies do. Close or far, it's got the same "style" controls and workflow. |
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Post by calaverasgrande on Oct 21, 2020 7:46:08 GMT -6
I have not, but I've read posts that state that KT cut some corners that might make modding to a real Pultec difficult to impossible. I don't remember the details though. KT is Behringer now. So consider anything happening inside to be typical of Behringer's way. It would probably be cheaper to DIY one from scratch than upgrade input and output transformers, and inductors/caps.
Then you would be relying on a Behringer PCB and power supply. Which IME are very unreliable!
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Post by johneppstein on Oct 21, 2020 11:55:26 GMT -6
I have not, but I've read posts that state that KT cut some corners that might make modding to a real Pultec difficult to impossible. I don't remember the details though. KT is Behringer now. So consider anything happening inside to be typical of Behringer's way. It would probably be cheaper to DIY one from scratch than upgrade input and output transformers, and inductors/caps.
Then you would be relying on a Behringer PCB and power supply. Which IME are very unreliable!
Yes, I think we all know that KT has been Behringer for several years now. It's not exactly news. |
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Post by calaverasgrande on Oct 24, 2020 8:56:01 GMT -6
Just venting. I cant stand it when a formerly good brand becomes a shell company to sell through a down market company's crap.
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Post by ericn on Nov 18, 2020 15:41:07 GMT -6
Just venting. I cant stand it when a formerly good brand becomes a shell company to sell through a down market company's crap. Many would say KT started down that road long ago when purchased by Mark IV / EV. |
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Post by Guitar on Nov 28, 2020 11:04:28 GMT -6
It's an interesting idea, but probably could be a little more rewarding to a scratch DIY build with "all the good stuff."
I think the KT is good for what it is, a very cheap hardware EQ that works kind of like a Pultec. I would use it for that if I had a need to do so. I had some but I moved ITB.
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Post by ericn on Dec 2, 2020 17:28:23 GMT -6
It's an interesting idea, but probably could be a little more rewarding to a scratch DIY build with "all the good stuff." I think the KT is good for what it is, a very cheap hardware EQ that works kind of like a Pultec. I would use it for that if I had a need to do so. I had some but I moved ITB. I think there is a market to make a better replacement board for the KT using better parts, but I think they are SMD so stock your going to need SMD rework tools and skills! |
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