Hooray for a real gear designer

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by inverseroom » Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:59 am

Joel, you are like a drug dealer :D

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Post by I'm Painting Again » Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:05 am

Sounds like a very nice idea..and possibly modifiable with the simple design..its great that they are trying to make quality tools at affordable prices..

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by joel hamilton » Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:52 am

inverseroom wrote:Joel, you are like a drug dealer :D
Just a fellow addict, not a dealer. ;)

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by lsn110 » Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:36 am

Actually...you're more like the guy who hooks us up with the neighborhood crack dealer.

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by DavidATX » Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:58 am

Chris...You are right, that is funny. E-mail me your address at david@republicstudios.com and I will get one in the mail by the weekend.

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by tony moore » Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:06 am

cool, i've been hoping for something like this.

i've read that some of the bellari/rolls stuff isn't a starved system and has transformers. except for the lack of transformers, how will the e-h differ?

i absolutely LOVE e-h stuff btw...

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by RefD » Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:11 am

tony moore wrote:cool, i've been hoping for something like this.

i've read that some of the bellari/rolls stuff isn't a starved system and has transformers. except for the lack of transformers, how will the e-h differ?

i absolutely LOVE e-h stuff btw...

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by soundguy » Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:24 am

KennyLusk wrote:If the output isn't tranformer balanced doesn't that kill all of the tone?

That's just been my experience.

Opamps are great for transparency and "faithful reproduction" but it's my antique, all-tube (w/tranformers) equipment that gives me the chub.
Thinking that transformerless gear kills all the tone is a bit general and simple. About as general and simple as saying opamps are great for transparency. Opamps themselves can color something as much as a transformer and you can design a tube circuit to be extremely colored or transparent. Most people in this day and age look to tube desiigns for color (ever heard that ridiculous phrase "tube warmth"?) so I would expect not to get a transparent sounding design with it. Since its transformerless, its probably going to sit up on front of your transformer gear, so that can be a really valuable thing if it sounds good. If its using a constant current source there a good chance of getting a nice saturated thing happening depending upon where they chose to bias the circuit. Wait to hear it before you judge...

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by KennyLusk » Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:35 am

Dave, I guess I should have qualified that statement about opamps. I was talking about what I've generally heard (for myself) from transformerless gear in the -under $300 range-. Little to No color, thickness or other interesting characteristics.

I'm stoked to hear what this unit sounds like.

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by NeglectedFred » Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:37 pm

Joel,

Please, please, please with sugar on top give us an honest opinion of this thing once you've tinkered with it, and maybe some kind of comparison.. I'm a firm believer in the ol' saying "If it sounds too good it probably is..." I hope you convert me!
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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by joel hamilton » Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:06 pm

NeglectedFred wrote:Joel,

Please, please, please with sugar on top give us an honest opinion of this thing once you've tinkered with it, and maybe some kind of comparison.. I'm a firm believer in the ol' saying "If it sounds too good it probably is..." I hope you convert me!
I only give my honest opinion on things in general.
I will for sure post here about it, as I like the company and the people who design cool stuff for me to use! We should all be glad this person is making this thing happen. I am sure it will be pretty cool, as the other stuff he designed is amazing.
The NY2A fully meets a price point it should not meet, meaning: It is as good as units that cost WAY more, which is almost NEVER the case in pro audio in my experience. You get what you pay for, but with the NY2A you get a little more!
Lets hope the pre is like that as well.

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by thecongostudio » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:18 pm

Joel,
Any more news on the new preamp? I am more than beyond psyched to hear this concept in action...

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by ryanjacobsen » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:46 pm

I only give my honest opinion on things in general.
This is such absolute bullshit. This whole thread is nothing but a guerilla
marketing campaign by you on behalf of your endorser.

I'm not falling for it.

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by soundguy » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:55 pm

dude, when the box comes out, is affordable and maybe sounds cool, do something really fucking punk rock to show the man and dont buy it. ok?

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Re: Hooray for a real gear designer

Post by ryanjacobsen » Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:05 pm

Wow, I guess you showed me...and for once you actually managed to do it in a post that wasn't 30,000 ranting paragraphs long.

What a surprise, I'm going to go cry into my pillow now.
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