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26J / 356E is a slow, low ratio compressor like the GE Unilevel and Gates Sta-Level. 26J is the packaged stand-alone version (rare) , 356E is the plug in console module (far more common). 26W and 26U are faster, high ratio limiters which work on completely different electronic concepts. The 26W is a...

If you moved to hard drive based recording you'd have even more noise to deal with. The HD24 is at least three times louder than the old tape based adats; same with most computer fans. You'll just have to isolate as best you can unless you can break out into two rooms. Establish a method to set leve...

That's high IMO, but then so is everything like this. At that price it should be serviced/restored and work perfectly. It's almost a Sta-Level; very little difference. It is identical to the GE Uni-level-with the addition of an onboard meter.

Still available.

There's some varying thoughts on these preamps over at gearslutz, and I've joined up and given some more detailed answers to the issues raised.

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/showthre ... ost1036669

awesome!

There must be a 12-step for this....

Thanks! These are gonna sound and look great in somebody's rack. I've kept eight channels for myself.

Howdy,

I've built some Quad Eight preamp racks for myself, and have a spare unit available. These things sound mighty fine. You probably remember the write-up in issue 49.

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FWIW, I pulled into a sound contractors parking lot the other day to see someone loading a bunch of new gear into their truck, and there sat a rack of original DA-88's on the way to a gig.

I've kept all mine since they're worth more to me for archival backup retrieval than they are as spare change. Imagine and remember; these things cost many people $2K apiece (or more) once, and the alternatives cost 5+ times as much. There was a time when it was hard to find a used one at all, and i...

everybody hates them, but everybody bought them.

Sorry, neglected to say your price seems correct. And these are real cool sounding units.

What kind of radio? Make sure it's not something worth a fortune to radio collectors first.

Sorry to spoil your description, but those are BA-31A's with the factory upgrade cicuit boards, which have only one germanium transistor. Which makes them BA-31B's or BA-31C's in BA-31A clothing. A real 'A' variant has six transistors, all of which are germanium. They are fucking rare as hell, becau...