Hooray for a real gear designer
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Joel, you are like a drug dealer
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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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Just a fellow addict, not a dealer.inverseroom wrote:Joel, you are like a drug dealer
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Actually...you're more like the guy who hooks us up with the neighborhood crack dealer.
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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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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...
tony
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...
tony
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i love E-H stuff when it doesn't arrive from the factory already broken.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...
tony
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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...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.
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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.
I'm stoked to hear what this unit sounds like.
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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!
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 eat glue.
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I only give my honest opinion on things in general.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 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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Joel,
Any more news on the new preamp? I am more than beyond psyched to hear this concept in action...
Any more news on the new preamp? I am more than beyond psyched to hear this concept in action...
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This is such absolute bullshit. This whole thread is nothing but a guerillaI only give my honest opinion on things in general.
marketing campaign by you on behalf of your endorser.
I'm not falling for it.
Sellout.
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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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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.
What a surprise, I'm going to go cry into my pillow now.
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