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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 12, 2021 17:07:04 GMT -6
Shipping delay (shocker). Supposedly Monday.
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Post by Ward on Feb 12, 2021 19:08:29 GMT -6
Is that Boomer for supposably? LMAO |
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 12, 2021 20:59:23 GMT -6
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 12, 2021 21:00:04 GMT -6
I ordered the full size modules and rack That’s what I really wanted, but I just couldn’t swing it. Plus I think it’s going to be a while. |
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Post by roundbadge on Feb 13, 2021 0:48:10 GMT -6
Shipping delay (shocker). Supposedly Monday. I'm feeling end of month..but the full size are 6-10 weeks.. ...ish I think the racks are still being finalized. |
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Post by Ward on Feb 13, 2021 8:24:47 GMT -6
It was a joke where millenials are the brunt of it LOL Supposably. My GOD what an awful un-word! |
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 13, 2021 9:27:01 GMT -6
Shipping delay (shocker). Supposedly Monday. I'm feeling end of month..but the full size are 6-10 weeks.. ...ish I think the racks are still being finalized. If it’s gonna be a month I’m just going to move on. I’m an impulse buyer and this is not very impulse |
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Post by vintagetubelug on Feb 13, 2021 9:30:47 GMT -6
Shipping delay (shocker). Supposedly Monday. I'm feeling end of month..but the full size are 6-10 weeks.. ...ish I think the racks are still being finalized. How do you even order the full size modules? I only see the 500 series listed at VK. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 13, 2021 10:55:06 GMT -6
I'm feeling end of month..but the full size are 6-10 weeks.. ...ish I think the racks are still being finalized. How do you even order the full size modules? I only see the 500 series listed at VK. Just call VK |
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Post by roundbadge on Feb 19, 2021 23:45:38 GMT -6
My Friend got his 500 series pre today.so far likes it.
eq's still haven't shipped
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 19, 2021 23:53:16 GMT -6
My Friend got his 500 series pre today.so far likes it. eq's still haven't shipped Mine was supposed to be in Monday…weather has screwed it up as we’ve had like 6 inches of snow here. Says delivery to VK is Monday. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 23, 2021 11:37:37 GMT -6
Just got the pre in my rack and singing through it...I'll put up some examples. It is certainly a LOT more usable than the Arny ones since it has the output transformer. You can actually get the drive/distortion without the major clipping. Through my headphones (which doesn't mean much) I prefer it to my 1073 - it has a lower midish bump with maybe a small dip in the upper mids and then a fantastic top end. It's hard to see in my old age...can't wait to get the EQ.
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 23, 2021 12:11:20 GMT -6
OK...listening over monitors...and it's different than headphones. I actually hear more upper mids in the H2.
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 23, 2021 12:17:48 GMT -6
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Post by nobtwiddler on Feb 23, 2021 13:37:18 GMT -6
Both tracks sounded good, pretty damn close in fact, but that said,
The H2 track sounded a bit more intimate to me, had a little something extra that seemed to work very well on your vocal!
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 23, 2021 14:17:07 GMT -6
Both tracks sounded good, pretty damn close in fact, but that said, The H2 track sounded a bit more intimate to me, had a little something extra that seemed to work very well on your vocal! Yeah - it's closer than I would have thought, honestly...it seems closer than Helios/1073's in the past that I've had. Still waiting on the EQ and I would imagine that won't hurt with another input and output transformer stage. Also - I prefer the Helios midrange and 10kHz shelf. |
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Post by ragan on Feb 23, 2021 15:16:28 GMT -6
Both tracks sounded good, pretty damn close in fact, but that said, The H2 track sounded a bit more intimate to me, had a little something extra that seemed to work very well on your vocal! Yeah - it's closer than I would have thought, honestly...it seems closer than Helios/1073's in the past that I've had. Still waiting on the EQ and I would imagine that won't hurt with another input and output transformer stage. Also - I prefer the Helios midrange and 10kHz shelf. I like the Helios better here. It's got a richness that my ear is drawn to. |
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Post by ragan on Feb 23, 2021 15:18:27 GMT -6
Get a geetar out and give us a few strums of both  |
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Post by roundbadge on Feb 23, 2021 18:52:39 GMT -6
To my ears the Neve sounds fuller,richer down low. slightly more compressed and focused.
The H2 is very pleasant and smooth but has a bit more mid,upper mid forward ness .
I heard this exact same thing yesterday with my friends voice singing through a bae 1073 then H2 500 on a u67.
not sure I like that on your voice with that mic?
Look forward to hearing it with the added circuitry of the eq.
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 23, 2021 19:25:17 GMT -6
To my ears the Neve sounds fuller,richer down low. slightly more compressed and focused. The H2 is very pleasant and smooth but has a bit more mid,upper mid forward ness . I heard this exact same thing yesterday with my friends voice singing through a bae 1073 then H2 500 on a u67. not sure I like that on your voice with that mic? Look forward to hearing it with the added circuitry of the eq. Initially I didn’t either. I don’t need anything to make my voice sound more harsh. I don’t remember that with the Arny pre…but I always EQd to adjust. Now - on pretty much anything else, I think I’d like the extra detail. |
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Post by rocinante on Feb 24, 2021 1:02:15 GMT -6
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Post by jcoutu1 on Feb 24, 2021 1:05:11 GMT -6
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Post by roundbadge on Feb 24, 2021 2:38:56 GMT -6
To my ears the Neve sounds fuller,richer down low. slightly more compressed and focused. The H2 is very pleasant and smooth but has a bit more mid,upper mid forward ness . I heard this exact same thing yesterday with my friends voice singing through a bae 1073 then H2 500 on a u67. not sure I like that on your voice with that mic? Look forward to hearing it with the added circuitry of the eq. Initially I didn’t either. I don’t need anything to make my voice sound more harsh. I don’t remember that with the Arny pre…but I always EQd to adjust. Now - on pretty much anything else, I think I’d like the extra detail. I got the files in my studio.the H2 sounds really nice. if I did a couple little sharp dynamic eq cuts in Pro q-3 btw that resonant 2 and 3.2 k thing I'm hearing, it smoothed out.also soothe2 single band focused around 2.5k-3k[depth @ around 11 o'clock] kinda did the trick as well.sounds real nice. the Neve I felt didn't need it. could be just my old man drummer ears tho. upper mid 2-3.5k resonant peaks on vocals and e-guitars drive me kinda nuts. I really wanna hear the eq now.that was my favorite thing on the old modules. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 24, 2021 9:44:52 GMT -6
Initially I didn’t either. I don’t need anything to make my voice sound more harsh. I don’t remember that with the Arny pre…but I always EQd to adjust. Now - on pretty much anything else, I think I’d like the extra detail. I got the files in my studio.the H2 sounds really nice. if I did a couple little sharp dynamic eq cuts in Pro q-3 btw that resonant 2 and 3.2 k thing I'm hearing, it smoothed out.also soothe2 single band focused around 2.5k-3k[depth @ around 11 o'clock] kinda did the trick as well.sounds real nice. the Neve I felt didn't need it. could be just my old man drummer ears tho. upper mid 2-3.5k resonant peaks on vocals and e-guitars drive me kinda nuts. I really wanna hear the eq now.that was my favorite thing on the old modules. Yeah - I'm gonna live with the pre for a while...I used to always dig out a little 1-3kHz on the Tony pre...but I thought I was hearing more of a peak in the upper 8kHz region. Maybe I thought that, then saw the freq plot and confirmed my bias. |
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Post by phantom on Feb 24, 2021 10:57:30 GMT -6
Based on these 2 examples, I don't really like the Helios. I mean, it has a nice openness to it, but it is bringing too much resonances on the upper mids. Compared to the Neve here, it sounds a bit cheap.
Funny enough, I love UAD Helios and the Eq. I also really liked the first video showing this new models, so maybe it's just something dependent to the source.
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