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Post by ericn on Feb 3, 2023 16:52:25 GMT -6
Oh they do, but they hate them because they feel they should have a piece of the profits of the secondary market, they don’t realize secondary market is their protection and players come and go because of the inherent risk as well as the fact Stubhubs numbers are what is going to keep them from an anti trust suite. Oh, I think there's some credible evidence that Ticketmaster (and by extension, Live Nation) IS in on the game and IS getting a piece of the of the profits from the secondary market. It may be that Ticketmaster IS the reseller themselves, at least some of the time, under a shell corporation. "Verified Reseller". Seen that? Resellers are just selling on Ticketmaster's website, out in the open, and Ticketmaster gets a cut of that too, of course. I also watched a special on this a while back. It might have been 60 Minutes, but I forget. Anyway, that special went into how Ticketmaster is totally gaming the system. I hate resellers. I hate that all of the tickets are basically purchased by reseller bots before I even get a chance to try to get a ticket and that I then have to buy from a reseller, which makes me want to vomit, on principle. What I hate even more is the idea that Ticketmaster is in on it. The DOJ needs to shut that down. The whole system needs to be blown up. Oh I am not a fan, except the fact that I’m in walking distance of almost every Venue in KC and love to buy tickets right before the show at a loss. If I buy secondary they are loosing $$, that’s better than boycotting them. In fact when we were in Nashville the only reason we didn’t buy Johnny Marr at $32 a piece was because we were having more fun hanging with Martin! |
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Post by kcatthedog on Feb 3, 2023 16:55:43 GMT -6
All good points, was really just saying its a drag as a diy when the supplier never has kits but what do you know , you can find built units available .
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Post by ericn on Feb 3, 2023 17:15:26 GMT -6
All good points, was really just saying its a drag as a diy when the supplier never has kits but what do you know , you can find built units available . Yeah it is, unfortunately as much as you will find guys who get into it for the DIY community, but trust me on this one for all the BS of doing something like Jeff does you need to be making money to justify the time and effort to keep it going, nobody is getting rich, but I’m really suprised most are still going and haven’t just gone the route of “ Here’s the PCB and the BOM. |
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Post by drbill on Feb 3, 2023 19:06:27 GMT -6
Looks to be a fairly easy build. Nice. But before anyone goes all gaga over a Vari mu in a 500 format, I only see one tube and small-ish transformers. My 14B's have 4 tubes per channel, and a couple transformers as big as my fist. A V-Comp has (if memory serves) 5 tubes, and yeah, big transformers. My Manley VariMu has at least 4-5 tubes per channel, and huge transformers that make it weigh as much as a small boat anchor. All of them have no IC's that I recall. But there are several IC's on this 500 version. I wouldn't be expecting a one to one similar comparison with any of the above. It's kinda tempting as I'm a 500 freak, and I hope it sounds awesome - but I'll wait for clips I think.  . I love Vari Mu's but I'm kinda over stocked right now with 8 channels of em.... |
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Post by keymod on Feb 4, 2023 5:37:26 GMT -6
Well, if the company is truly trying to support the diy Community, as opposed to a revenue sideline of a handful of individual builders, it could control the number it sells to any one individual ? You could, but in the end you have to pay your bills, plus here is the biggie go ask any DIY Kit designer / seller how man inquiries they get for “ how much to have you build one?”. Having a third party do it means you don’t have to deal with the BS and under value your time. Now with the new IRS Payment service 1099 rules, I’ll bet you see 2 things happen feb of 2024: 1, a bunch of builders drop out 2, those that stay in the game raise their prices. Suddenly the cost of doing what they do will go up. The guys like Sound Skullpture’s build prices will suddenly be justified because they have been calculated with the real cost of doing business. The pre-built Sound Skulptor and Link Audio Designs prices are, in my opinion, very reasonable. If I didn't enjoy using what I built myself so much, I would purchase pre-built and feel I got an excellent piece of kit ( pun ) at an excellent price. The fact that Jeff Steiger offers higher-end, house built versions of his products is a really cool alternative also. When I mentioned CAPI above, I wasn't referring to Jeff. I'm as much a fan boy of CAPI as anyone can be. |
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Post by ericn on Feb 4, 2023 8:43:00 GMT -6
You could, but in the end you have to pay your bills, plus here is the biggie go ask any DIY Kit designer / seller how man inquiries they get for “ how much to have you build one?”. Having a third party do it means you don’t have to deal with the BS and under value your time. Now with the new IRS Payment service 1099 rules, I’ll bet you see 2 things happen feb of 2024: 1, a bunch of builders drop out 2, those that stay in the game raise their prices. Suddenly the cost of doing what they do will go up. The guys like Sound Skullpture’s build prices will suddenly be justified because they have been calculated with the real cost of doing business. The pre-built Sound Skulptor and Link Audio Designs prices are, in my opinion, very reasonable. If I didn't enjoy using what I built myself so much, I would purchase pre-built and feel I got an excellent piece of kit ( pun ) at an excellent price. The fact that Jeff Steiger offers higher-end, house built versions of his products is a really cool alternative also. When I mentioned CAPI above, I wasn't referring to Jeff. I'm as much a fan boy of CAPI as anyone can be. I love Jeff and his products, I only use him as an example because we all know he has had supply problems. He also is the only Kit company that I know of who sells kits, built products through a handful of dealers, and has a list of approved builders. |
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Post by msamper on Feb 4, 2023 11:17:23 GMT -6
I've built a pair of those modules today and already tested them a bit. The compression feels very "soft knee" and is not hard at all. The modules have a lot of gain and if you are already feeding them with lots of level it will be hard to archive unity gain.
I think those compressors will be nice on vocals and guitars. Or everything else that just needs to be squeezed only a little bit. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2023 11:33:55 GMT -6
Looks to be a fairly easy build. Nice. But before anyone goes all gaga over a Vari mu in a 500 format, I only see one tube and small-ish transformers. My 14B's have 4 tubes per channel, and a couple transformers as big as my fist. A V-Comp has (if memory serves) 5 tubes, and yeah, big transformers. My Manley VariMu has at least 4-5 tubes per channel, and huge transformers that make it weigh as much as a small boat anchor. All of them have no IC's that I recall. But there are several IC's on this 500 version. I wouldn't be expecting a one to one similar comparison with any of the above. It's kinda tempting as I'm a 500 freak, and I hope it sounds awesome - but I'll wait for clips I think. . I love Vari Mu's but I'm kinda over stocked right now with 8 channels of em.... The IGS Tubecore 500 (Vari-Mu) has 3 tubes, some decent sized transformers (for a 500 series module) and WIMA's. They're 250v DC though so without a decent rack you might run into a few issues. |
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Post by drbill on Feb 4, 2023 14:14:31 GMT -6
Looks to be a fairly easy build. Nice. But before anyone goes all gaga over a Vari mu in a 500 format, I only see one tube and small-ish transformers. My 14B's have 4 tubes per channel, and a couple transformers as big as my fist. A V-Comp has (if memory serves) 5 tubes, and yeah, big transformers. My Manley VariMu has at least 4-5 tubes per channel, and huge transformers that make it weigh as much as a small boat anchor. All of them have no IC's that I recall. But there are several IC's on this 500 version. I wouldn't be expecting a one to one similar comparison with any of the above. It's kinda tempting as I'm a 500 freak, and I hope it sounds awesome - but I'll wait for clips I think. . I love Vari Mu's but I'm kinda over stocked right now with 8 channels of em.... The IGS Tubecore 500 (Vari-Mu) has 3 tubes, some decent sized transformers (for a 500 series module) and WIMA's. They're 250v DC though so without a decent rack you might run into a few issues. Nice. My 500 racks run so FREAKING hot right now with solid state class A gear that I can't imagine putting a unit with 3 tubes in them to be honest. Some of my modules get so hot right now that I can barely touch their faceplates. |
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Post by ericn on Feb 4, 2023 16:12:06 GMT -6
The IGS Tubecore 500 (Vari-Mu) has 3 tubes, some decent sized transformers (for a 500 series module) and WIMA's. They're 250v DC though so without a decent rack you might run into a few issues. Nice. My 500 racks run so FREAKING hot right now with solid state class A gear that I can't imagine putting a unit with 3 tubes in them to be honest. Some of my modules get so hot right now that I can barely touch their faceplates. Gear Bitch #2 has always been and will be design the thing so I don’t have to think about space for venting. |
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Post by drbill on Feb 4, 2023 17:18:15 GMT -6
Nice. My 500 racks run so FREAKING hot right now with solid state class A gear that I can't imagine putting a unit with 3 tubes in them to be honest. Some of my modules get so hot right now that I can barely touch their faceplates. Gear Bitch #2 has always been and will be design the thing so I don’t have to think about space for venting. This could be commandment #2 of the 10 commandments for gear design!!!! |
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Post by ericn on Feb 4, 2023 17:28:11 GMT -6
Gear Bitch #2 has always been and will be design the thing so I don’t have to think about space for venting. This could be commandment #2 of the 10 commandments for gear design!!!! It should be! |
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Post by copperx on Feb 10, 2023 20:47:51 GMT -6
I've built a pair of those modules today and already tested them a bit. The compression feels very "soft knee" and is not hard at all. The modules have a lot of gain and if you are already feeding them with lots of level it will be hard to archive unity gain.
I think those compressors will be nice on vocals and guitars. Or everything else that just needs to be squeezed only a little bit. Have you had a chance to try them more extensively? What is your impression? |
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. I love Vari Mu's but I'm kinda over stocked right now with 8 channels of em....
