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Post by theshea on Nov 20, 2024 11:00:22 GMT -6
look here:
1176es everywhere …
i wonder what a recording with all warm audio 1176’s, la2a‘s through warm audio 1073‘s, wapultec
against
behringer kt76, la2a, 1073‘s, behringer pultec
would sound …?
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 20, 2024 11:19:16 GMT -6
YouTube sound, but sounding good!
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Post by doubledog on Nov 20, 2024 11:20:13 GMT -6
just saw that too. Pretty good prices, but will they sound as good as a Stam or Audioscape, or even the BLA Bluey is always the question. Looking forward to someone trying that out...
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Post by mrcel0 on Nov 20, 2024 11:39:15 GMT -6
just saw that too. Pretty good prices, but will they sound as good as a Stam or Audioscape, or even the BLA Bluey is always the question. Looking forward to someone trying that out... Had the KT76, WA76, now I have the BLA Bluey. The KT is very clean and uncolored sounding but I actually preferred it to the WA76 saturation but it’s a matter of taste. The BLA Bluey is on a whole other level and the way is saturates is very very nice, it’s not really a comparison, even just by the weight of the units alone you can tell there’s so much more put into the Bluey. All that said i’m not sure i’m too fond of the 1176 as I used to be, I see it much more as a mix tool, no longer for tracking, I find it pretty heavy handed, but when you need that sound there’s no other like it. EDIT: Just realized this is the blue stipe wa76 so I have no experience with that |
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 20, 2024 14:48:12 GMT -6
just saw that too. Pretty good prices, but will they sound as good as a Stam or Audioscape, or even the BLA Bluey is always the question. Looking forward to someone trying that out... All the units you refer to, cost almost twice the price of the Warm, so I ‘d expect sonic difference. The question will be how different and what’s the better value proposition: different horses etc.! |
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Post by drumsound on Nov 21, 2024 2:58:00 GMT -6
That organ player is BITCHIN'!
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Post by thehightenor on Nov 21, 2024 3:27:28 GMT -6
When I saw this at first I thought - oh great a budget 1178. Alas, just another 76A and D …. with a funky stereo version. I already have a BLA Bluey which is absolutely superb (imho every studio should have one  ) I’d like to add a D and a 1178. The Audioscape 1178 is the obvious choice - in the uk it’s about $2000 so not cheap - but it’s the one I’ll go for - I’ve heard Jonken rave about it so much I’m sure it’s superb. That leaves a D for my collection? Maybe this new WA 76 D is a step up from their first offering? Who else is there for a great D version …. Audioscape again I guess? |
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Post by skav on Nov 21, 2024 4:12:43 GMT -6
Warm Audio and Audioscape both posted their own 1776 series videos within 12 hours of eachother.
What does it mean? Coincidence or?
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 21, 2024 4:17:05 GMT -6
When I saw this at first I thought - oh great a budget 1178. Alas, just another 76A and D …. with a funky stereo version. I already have a BLA Bluey which is absolutely superb (imho every studio should have one ) I’d like to add a D and a 1178. The Audioscape 1178 is the obvious choice - in the uk it’s about $2000 so not cheap - but it’s the one I’ll go for - I’ve heard Jonken rave about it so much I’m sure it’s superb. That leaves a D for my collection? Maybe this new WA 76 D is a step up from their first offering? Who else is there for a great D version …. Audioscape again I guess? Hairball ? |
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Post by theshea on Nov 21, 2024 5:53:00 GMT -6
i really don‘t know how many more 1176s the world needs … granted its the most known compressor and every company wants a piece of the cake but i would welcome a bit of innovation too.
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Post by tonycamphd on Nov 21, 2024 6:13:53 GMT -6
Imo the stereo version is the best part of another 1176, especially with the switching options, good on warm for that, if it sounds good the stereo unit should dominate the market
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Post by thehightenor on Nov 21, 2024 7:54:25 GMT -6
When I saw this at first I thought - oh great a budget 1178. Alas, just another 76A and D …. with a funky stereo version. I already have a BLA Bluey which is absolutely superb (imho every studio should have one ) I’d like to add a D and a 1178. The Audioscape 1178 is the obvious choice - in the uk it’s about $2000 so not cheap - but it’s the one I’ll go for - I’ve heard Jonken rave about it so much I’m sure it’s superb. That leaves a D for my collection? Maybe this new WA 76 D is a step up from their first offering? Who else is there for a great D version …. Audioscape again I guess? Hairball ? I think you have to build those? And I’m not buying one built by someone who’s “hobby” is electronics! |
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Post by frans on Nov 21, 2024 8:10:21 GMT -6
I know a number of people who build stuff for a living .. i assume there are some of them in your country to build you a Hairball.
Even if i built a few of my boxes i was lazy: i just bought a Purple Audio Action back when there were not a lot of 1176s around. |
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 21, 2024 8:33:57 GMT -6
I think you have to build those? And I’m not buying one built by someone who’s “hobby” is electronics! I think both are available and there are pro builders who sell them at a reasonable fee. |
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Post by doubledog on Nov 21, 2024 9:19:19 GMT -6
I think you have to build those? Hairball Audio does sell fully assembled preamps, but the compressors (rack or 500) seem to all be kits. And the last time I assembled one of the rack kits, it required a signal generator to properly calibrate it (you had to send a 1KHz sinewave and measure the voltage output - but you could probably accomplish this by sending it out of a DAW for example). But still slightly more complicated than some other builds. |
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Post by tonycamphd on Nov 21, 2024 10:08:26 GMT -6
I think you have to build those? And I’m not buying one built by someone who’s “hobby” is electronics! Fun fact, there are some “hobby” builders out there who might just have better sounding more accurate, cleaner built versions of any commercially bought clone you have in your rack? They build with painfully sourced NOS and hard to find used parts to be spot on accurate in their recreations. Shoot, some of them make weird shit like hybrid SSL/API compressors that you can’t even buy commercially! I gotta make friends with one of these handsome gentleman!😉 SSL/API 2 buss compressor(not like the Stam though I like Stam’s stuff a lot, these have 6-SL red dot 2520’s, EA iron, external linear psu, AD4898 ic option, it does share the elna silmic2 caps with Stams units)  |
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Post by copperx on Nov 21, 2024 12:24:19 GMT -6
When I saw this at first I thought - oh great a budget 1178. Alas, just another 76A and D …. with a funky stereo version. I already have a BLA Bluey which is absolutely superb (imho every studio should have one ) I’d like to add a D and a 1178. The Audioscape 1178 is the obvious choice - in the uk it’s about $2000 so not cheap - but it’s the one I’ll go for - I’ve heard Jonken rave about it so much I’m sure it’s superb. That leaves a D for my collection? Maybe this new WA 76 D is a step up from their first offering? Who else is there for a great D version …. Audioscape again I guess? I got an AS 76D two weeks ago after I heard it in a lot of TouTube demos, and to me it is a bit too clean when compared to the reissue 1176LN. I'm returning it to look for something a bit dirtier, and I think the WA76 might fit the bill. |
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Post by copperx on Nov 21, 2024 12:27:55 GMT -6
Imo the stereo version is the best part of another 1176, especially with the switching options, good on warm for that, if it sounds good the stereo unit should dominate the market The Lindell 77X-500 is another commercially available stereo 1176, and IIRC it was designed by Igor from GroupDIY. |
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Post by thehightenor on Nov 21, 2024 14:44:18 GMT -6
I think you have to build those? And I’m not buying one built by someone who’s “hobby” is electronics! Fun fact, there are some “hobby” builders out there who might just have better sounding more accurate, cleaner built versions of any commercially bought clone you have in your rack? They build with painfully sourced NOS and hard to find used parts to be spot on accurate in their recreations. Shoot, some of them make weird shit like hybrid SSL/API compressors that you can’t even buy commercially! I gotta make friends with one of these handsome gentleman!😉 SSL/API 2 buss compressor(not like the Stam though I like Stam’s stuff a lot, these have 6-SL red dot 2520’s, EA iron, external linear psu, AD4898 ic option, it does share the elna silmic2 caps with Stams units)View AttachmentView Attachment“Some” being the operative word! |
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Post by ragan on Nov 22, 2024 10:14:51 GMT -6
Man, Bryce has really built up quite a thing.
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 22, 2024 10:34:57 GMT -6
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Post by peezy on Nov 24, 2024 3:04:50 GMT -6
Imo the stereo version is the best part of another 1176, especially with the switching options, good on warm for that, if it sounds good the stereo unit should dominate the market The Lindell 77X-500 is another commercially available stereo 1176, and IIRC it was designed by Igor from GroupDIY. I may have to pick one up. Clean is what I want. That's why I bought the Daking fet III. I had the bluey but it was too colored. It's only because I'm running tube preamp into fet then tube Vari mu. A bit too much color. |
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Post by copperx on Nov 24, 2024 3:10:13 GMT -6
The Lindell 77X-500 is another commercially available stereo 1176, and IIRC it was designed by Igor from GroupDIY. I may have to pick one up. Clean is what I want. That's why I bought the Daking fet III. I had the bluey but it was too colored. It's only because I'm running tube preamp into fet then tube Vari mu. A bit too much color.
Clean? You mean the AS 76D, right? I haven't used the 77x-500, but from the demos I've heard it is colored IMO.
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 24, 2024 19:18:34 GMT -6
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Post by peezy on Nov 24, 2024 23:33:59 GMT -6
I may have to pick one up. Clean is what I want. That's why I bought the Daking fet III. I had the bluey but it was too colored. It's only because I'm running tube preamp into fet then tube Vari mu. A bit too much color.
Clean? You mean the AS 76D, right? I haven't used the 77x-500, but from the demos I've heard it is colored IMO.
Yes, that's what I meant the Rev d from audio scape. The bluey had way too much color for me. Over the top color. I need the 1176 to be cleaner because it will always be followed by something else that probably has color. |
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