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Need advice on Glensound / AM22 EQ repair and power supply.

Post by andersounds » Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:15 pm

Friend has dropped off an EMI / Glensound / BBC, not sure exactly who made this thing :) am22/15 EQ, stereo unit transformer in and out, needs some work done on it, but I can't locate any schematics, from the details I have been able to find I think it needs a -24v power rail for the NPN germaniums?

Does anyone have any experience or useful info on getting one of these classic BBC EQ's going?

Any help would be great.

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Post by joel hamilton » Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:17 pm

I owned one of those for years.
I bet Mike Rippe at analog audio repair could fix it up for you... or at least help you out. He is located in my studio, in the tech room...

mjrippe@gmail.com

Check with him. I liked the compressor on that box, and I am sad I ever got rid of mine.

It was made by Glensound. The EQ's are okay, but the compressor section is really quite good.

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Post by andersounds » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:57 am

I have found out more info on this unit, as it has been rehoused in a different box turns out it is an EMI AM22/2 stereo eq as here:

http://www.vintageaudiorentals.com/de/a ... o-195.html

thanks for your help I'll send an email and see if he has any insights on the power requirements I'm assuming now a -12v rail. :idea:

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Post by Marc Alan Goodman » Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:56 pm

I thought most Glensound stuff ran at -15V, but since those were from weird EMI broadcast desks I'm not confident how it would be powered. I've seen a couple people try to pawn them off for ridiculous prices too since they say EMI on them.

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