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Post by rockinrobin on Mar 31, 2022 7:31:04 GMT -6
I've been using a Heritage Audio OST 4 v2 for some time now, and it's been working great. Only the power supply is a real cheap piece of plastic.
Lately I've acquired a Serpent Audio Splice 500 MK2, that's a 1176. And, in blue stripe mode it is noticeably noisy, more than it should be. I can't use it after my Chroma, which is sad because there was some magic in the Neve -> 1176 combination.
I'm thinking that I could get an improvement with a good quality 3rd party power supply, vs the cheap plastic one that came with the OST 4.
Would you do that? Or anything else?
BTW I have 2 Splices, and both are noisy the same. According to the previous owner the noise wasn't an issues before, that's why I'm thinking it's the rack or its power supply
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Post by enlav on Mar 31, 2022 13:03:44 GMT -6
Hard to say since I've read that the Heritage Audio OST series are generally well regarded; I think a user here uses a handful of them in a console sort of arrangement as well...
The series is also recommended by LTL in their FAQ, if I'm not mistaken.
Do you know someone in your area who has a rack you try the units in? Probably a low chance of it being the units themselves, but maybe something happened to them in their last rack which resulted in the noise issue. I would probably try different outlets in your space for that power supply and see if it changes the noise level.
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Post by bobeschism on May 9, 2024 4:12:13 GMT -6
My 10+ slot shortlist is:
Wes Supercarrier II IGS Audio Panzer API VPR
Any recommendations or other chassis I should look at/avoid?
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Post by ninworks on May 9, 2024 5:28:17 GMT -6
I built a CAPI 511 VPR filtered rack with the switched PSU a couple years ago and it has been rock solid. No issues or noise problems whatsoever. I actually built a second one but decided I didn't need it and sold it. This was after having an API 6 space Lunchbox that had hum issues in the last slot next to the PSU. I notified API and they said that was pretty normal. The hum wasn't loud, down probably 80dB, but it was there. I tried many different devices in that last slot, preamps, eq's and compressors, and they all hummed. None of the other slots did. For API to be a high-end company, I was very disappointed in them for their response and QC.
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Post by lowlou on May 9, 2024 6:09:49 GMT -6
If someone knows of a cheaper alternative to the Supercarrier 2 that uses external power supply and performs similarly, I'm all ears !
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