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Post by crillemannen on Nov 19, 2024 15:35:54 GMT -6
I picked up a Neumann Km54 today. Pretty much unused, in mint condition. I compared it to my reskinned KM56 and it sounded glorious. Such a beautiful sounding microphone!  I have one! Far from mint, but boy howdy, does it ever sound glorious! Nice! I like it. It really accents the highs in a very pleasing way. Nothing quite like it. |
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Post by ericn on Nov 19, 2024 15:40:12 GMT -6
Just ordered a used Beyerdynamic MC834. That's good, because you can't order a new one! P.S. You talked me into buying one and it was money WELL spent! One of us needs to find a 740 and do a head to head! |
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Post by chessparov on Nov 19, 2024 18:35:17 GMT -6
Not even Christmas yet. And I feel.., Well spent.  Chris |
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Post by sean on Nov 19, 2024 21:00:19 GMT -6
Curiosity got the better for me and grabbed a pair of Amphion One15 with the Amp700 here in town.
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Post by lowlou on Nov 20, 2024 12:44:18 GMT -6
A custom rack to *finally* power up my four Telefunken U373a & U373BK modules . For dirt cheap ! |
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Post by ericn on Nov 20, 2024 13:55:55 GMT -6
Curiosity got the better for me and grabbed a pair of Amphion One15 with the Amp700 here in town. I can live with the speakers, not a fan of the amp! |
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Post by sean on Nov 20, 2024 14:19:33 GMT -6
Curiosity got the better for me and grabbed a pair of Amphion One15 with the Amp700 here in town. I can live with the speakers, not a fan of the amp! I have a feeling all of their amps are just Hypex amps? Seems like that’s what most things are these days |
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Post by geoff738 on Nov 20, 2024 19:36:46 GMT -6
I finally opened my wallet for Black Friday forAcon’s restoration suite or whatever they call it. But mostly I am sitting on my wallet. We shall see what tomorrow brings.
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Post by geoff738 on Nov 20, 2024 19:38:58 GMT -6
I traded my Neumann U87 to a Fender Jaguar from 64. Old refin other then that it's all original.  Great score, imo. Yeah the refin lowers the value, but at the end of the day it’s just paint. Nicely done! Cheers, Geoff |
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Post by johneppstein on Nov 21, 2024 12:39:09 GMT -6
It's been a slow year. So far a bunch of cabling and connection plates for the new studio I'm building... well, the new studio building I'm into for about $50K or $60K so far (only my accountant knows for sure, today) but I did pick up a Samar VL37 which is mind altering.  EDIT: Also purchased an old Gibson Tube Amp - 1961 Gibson Falcon Tube Amp GA 19 RVT. Only 204 of them were ever made, and this one is almost all original, and nicely shit-hauled. See attached. View Attachment'61 Gibson Falcon? IIRC the 2nd guitarist in my first band had one of those... |
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Post by johneppstein on Nov 21, 2024 15:31:44 GMT -6
The Great River EQ-2NV has been a huge asset to my studio. It can do anything and everything. I am shocked how much I use it just for the HPF and the stepped input gain switch. I guess it is my Great River/Neveish version of the Missing Links. I wish I would have bought this Eq long ago! I also picked up a JDK R24 eq. It is built better then I expected and after some modding has turned out to sound nice. Still not close to the EQ-2nv or a few other eq's I have but sounds great for the money and mods I have into it. I still have plans to dig into it a little more when I have time. This eq is for fast tonal shaping and has wide bells. The top does sound surprisingly good. The main knock on it is, it always sounds bloated in the bottom. Which for certain things may be perfect. I think this could be a great drum tracking eq. I also finally had time to finish my PTP C12 build based around one of Chunger's kits. I have been using a Tim C. capsule in it that I had in a cheaper Advanced Audio mic. This mic is much better use for the TC capsule. I also have a Eric H capsule coming to compare. I am excited to finally have one of Eric's capsules to listen to! Overall, I am really happy with this mic, I do think it is a little dark. I need to compare it to a few other c12 type mics to know. It sounds more linear, with extended top and bottom compared to some of the other mics I have with the Nuemann mid range. It has great reach and the 9 patterns makes it great for tracking acoustic instruments. I also got a cool pair of vintage TX from Noah S. They sound really cool. I now have a few pairs of vibey/strange 1:1 type transformers that are really useful. I need to either wire them to my patch bay or figure out some slick way to quickly get in and out of them. I also recently picked up a Behringer cable tester on the recommendation of drbill . I have yet to use it. I am sure it will make life a little easier. I think that is most of the recent little gear additions. I have a pair of cable testers (neither is Behringer) They're both great and useful, as they hasve different auxilliary function in adition to the basic cable test. |
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Post by ericn on Nov 21, 2024 17:43:10 GMT -6
The Great River EQ-2NV has been a huge asset to my studio. It can do anything and everything. I am shocked how much I use it just for the HPF and the stepped input gain switch. I guess it is my Great River/Neveish version of the Missing Links. I wish I would have bought this Eq long ago! I also picked up a JDK R24 eq. It is built better then I expected and after some modding has turned out to sound nice. Still not close to the EQ-2nv or a few other eq's I have but sounds great for the money and mods I have into it. I still have plans to dig into it a little more when I have time. This eq is for fast tonal shaping and has wide bells. The top does sound surprisingly good. The main knock on it is, it always sounds bloated in the bottom. Which for certain things may be perfect. I think this could be a great drum tracking eq. I also finally had time to finish my PTP C12 build based around one of Chunger's kits. I have been using a Tim C. capsule in it that I had in a cheaper Advanced Audio mic. This mic is much better use for the TC capsule. I also have a Eric H capsule coming to compare. I am excited to finally have one of Eric's capsules to listen to! Overall, I am really happy with this mic, I do think it is a little dark. I need to compare it to a few other c12 type mics to know. It sounds more linear, with extended top and bottom compared to some of the other mics I have with the Nuemann mid range. It has great reach and the 9 patterns makes it great for tracking acoustic instruments. I also got a cool pair of vintage TX from Noah S. They sound really cool. I now have a few pairs of vibey/strange 1:1 type transformers that are really useful. I need to either wire them to my patch bay or figure out some slick way to quickly get in and out of them. I also recently picked up a Behringer cable tester on the recommendation of drbill . I have yet to use it. I am sure it will make life a little easier. I think that is most of the recent little gear additions. I have a pair of cable testers (neither is Behringer) They're both great and useful, as they hasve different auxilliary function in adition to the basic cable test. The behringer has 2 stupid little features I miss besides fitting in a pants pocket. TT cable test & a single freq tone generator. I miss both & the size, I do not miss the build quality. I used to buy them at least 3 at a time. |
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Post by sean on Nov 23, 2024 9:58:28 GMT -6
I bought a Groove Tube Model 2, which has a Josephson made capsule, that didn't have a power supply or cable very cheap. As someone who's been down this road with these microphones I know that the Sterling Audio PSM-1 power supply is identical, except that it uses a 7 pin XLR cable instead of the 9 pin DSUB (the mic only uses 7 pins). Found a Sterling ST69 for $50 locally, ordered the $5 DSUB connector from DigiKey, and will chop one end of the Sterling mic cable to put the two together like I did for my Model 3 microphones
Also made my Black Friday software purchase of the year and got everything Apusoft makes…pretty much cost the same as buying the 2 I was most interested in
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Post by doubledog on Nov 23, 2024 10:19:19 GMT -6
I bought a Groove Tube Model 2, which has a Josephson made capsule, that didn't have a power supply or cable very cheap. As someone who's been down this road with these microphones I know that the Sterling Audio PSM-1 power supply is identical, except that it uses a 7 pin XLR cable instead of the 9 pin DSUB (the mic only uses 7 pins). Found a Sterling ST69 for $50 locally, ordered the $5 DSUB connector from DigiKey, and will chop one end of the Sterling mic cable to put the two together like I did for my Model 3 microphones if that mic is cardioid only it probably really only needs 5 pins. |
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Post by sean on Nov 23, 2024 10:49:11 GMT -6
I bought a Groove Tube Model 2, which has a Josephson made capsule, that didn't have a power supply or cable very cheap. As someone who's been down this road with these microphones I know that the Sterling Audio PSM-1 power supply is identical, except that it uses a 7 pin XLR cable instead of the 9 pin DSUB (the mic only uses 7 pins). Found a Sterling ST69 for $50 locally, ordered the $5 DSUB connector from DigiKey, and will chop one end of the Sterling mic cable to put the two together like I did for my Model 3 microphones if that mic is cardioid only it probably really only needs 5 pins. Very possible! It should be fairly obvious once I open up the microphone |
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Post by russellcreekps on Nov 23, 2024 18:49:36 GMT -6
Picked up an LG oled 48” TV to use as my main studio screen today…loving it!
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Post by sean on Nov 24, 2024 8:20:08 GMT -6
Traded my friend one of my Daking compressors for a Smart C1LA and a BAE 6 space rack. The LTL Hitmaker Comp modules wasn’t the replacement for my old C1 I was hoping for, so popped the Tape79 module back in there and patch the C1LA into the insert of the Silver Bullet. Feels like my analog mix buss chain for the home rig is set…
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Post by poppaflavor on Nov 25, 2024 13:41:59 GMT -6
Rane GQ Series Interpolating Constant-Q Equalizer. www.ranecommercial.com/legacy/pdf/old/gqdat.pdfWow. Utterly and completely unique. I didn't think this was possible! No nipples when adjacent bands are boosted. It freaking flat-tops by interpolating between ISO points. I didn't believe it would do what Rane said it would do. It does do it! This is like some next level ProQ3 stuff. Check out the freq trace below... I think this is the only analog EQ on Earth that can do this. If there are others, I'd be keen to be corrected. Rane never fails to impress.   |
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Post by wiz on Nov 25, 2024 14:10:07 GMT -6
Rane are extremely not on the radar
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Post by ericn on Nov 25, 2024 14:46:28 GMT -6
Rane GQ Series Interpolating Constant-Q Equalizer. www.ranecommercial.com/legacy/pdf/old/gqdat.pdfWow. Utterly and completely unique. I didn't think this was possible! No nipples when adjacent bands are boosted. It freaking flat-tops by interpolating between ISO points. I didn't believe it would do what Rane said it would do. It does do it! This is like some next level ProQ3 stuff. Check out the freq trace below... I think this is the only analog EQ on Earth that can do this. If there are others, I'd be keen to be corrected. Rane never fails to impress. The Ranes were the go to affordable graphic for years, send it to Jim Williams and it’s going to have the headroom and noise floor of a KT BSS, or XTA. Looking at a si glue filter shows a lot, but with a graphic you really need to see how the filters work together. Unfortunately there is no perfect for everything Graphic, those with nice sharp constant Q filters are great for taking out notches, but not as great when you need a small boost or cut of a couple of adjacent bands. The Dream was a BSS 960 where instead of a global switch for filter mode, you would have one on every band. |
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Post by ericn on Nov 25, 2024 14:49:00 GMT -6
Rane are extremely not on the radar Well unfortunately these days unless you’re a DJ! While their primary focus was install / affordable live, they always had some gear with some unorthodox twists. |
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Post by wiz on Nov 25, 2024 14:54:47 GMT -6
Rane are extremely not on the radar Well unfortunately these days unless you’re a DJ! While their primary focus was install / affordable live, they always had some gear with some unorthodox twists. In 96 I was programming and installing AMX av control systems….the company used a lot of Rane gear |
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Post by ericn on Nov 25, 2024 15:23:27 GMT -6
Well unfortunately these days unless you’re a DJ! While their primary focus was install / affordable live, they always had some gear with some unorthodox twists. In 96 I was programming and installing AMX av control systems….the company used a lot of Rane gear I probably sold more Rane Graphics & Crossovers than any other, at one point I owned 10 ch of JW modded RE27’s. Wish I could find a couple of the parametrics with all 5 bands of LF EQ, those things should have been on every ones must have list! |
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Post by poppaflavor on Nov 25, 2024 17:56:11 GMT -6
The Ranes were the go to affordable graphic for years, send it to Jim Williams and it’s going to have the headroom and noise floor of a KT BSS, or XTA. Looking at a si glue filter shows a lot, but with a graphic you really need to see how the filters work together. Unfortunately there is no perfect for everything Graphic, those with nice sharp constant Q filters are great for taking out notches, but not as great when you need a small boost or cut of a couple of adjacent bands. The Dream was a BSS 960 where instead of a global switch for filter mode, you would have one on every band. Oh heck yeah. I've been listening to it this afternoon. It's pretty obvious when I set adjacent bands to flat top it's a really cool ability to raise up an elevated plateau. I have had XTA (didn't really jive with it, too clean). I have the inductor KT DN-22 dual mono and KT DN-27 mono and they are AMAZING for sound. Can you please direct me to anywhere I can learn more about the nature of the Jim Williams modifications? Are they available for different devices (like the KT DN inductor series as well as Rane)? Well unfortunately these days unless you’re a DJ! While their primary focus was install / affordable live, they always had some gear with some unorthodox twists. Oh yeah man! I got the Rane DC24, what a beast. Very interactive features. The manual provides this warning: "ATTENTION SHOPPERS This seems like a good place to throw in a few words of caution. The DC 24 allows a great deal of flexibility. As such, it also allows one to come dangerously close to completely destroying an otherwise respectable audio signal if some thought and care is not put into the operation of the unit. There are combinations of THRESHOLD and RATIO settings on the Gate, Expander and Limiter which allow each to fight the others and in some cases completely cancel." The other Rane goody I got is the Balance Buddy 8 channel balunbal. Super useful utility with nice transfos. And for me at least, the Rane technical documents on cable connections and ground were very helpful for learning. They definitely had the knowledge onboard. |
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Post by ericn on Nov 25, 2024 18:06:00 GMT -6
The Ranes were the go to affordable graphic for years, send it to Jim Williams and it’s going to have the headroom and noise floor of a KT BSS, or XTA. Looking at a si glue filter shows a lot, but with a graphic you really need to see how the filters work together. Unfortunately there is no perfect for everything Graphic, those with nice sharp constant Q filters are great for taking out notches, but not as great when you need a small boost or cut of a couple of adjacent bands. The Dream was a BSS 960 where instead of a global switch for filter mode, you would have one on every band. Oh heck yeah. I've been listening to it this afternoon. It's pretty obvious when I set adjacent bands to flat top it's a really cool ability to raise up an elevated plateau. I have had XTA (didn't really jive with it, too clean). I have the inductor KT DN-22 dual mono and KT DN-27 mono and they are AMAZING for sound. Can you please direct me to anywhere I can learn more about the nature of the Jim Williams modifications? Are they available for different devices (like the KT DN inductor series as well as Rane)? Well unfortunately these days unless you’re a DJ! While their primary focus was install / affordable live, they always had some gear with some unorthodox twists. Oh yeah man! I got the Rane DC24, what a beast. Very interactive features. The manual provides this warning: "ATTENTION SHOPPERS This seems like a good place to throw in a few words of caution. The DC 24 allows a great deal of flexibility. As such, it also allows one to come dangerously close to completely destroying an otherwise respectable audio signal if some thought and care is not put into the operation of the unit. There are combinations of THRESHOLD and RATIO settings on the Gate, Expander and Limiter which allow each to fight the others and in some cases completely cancel." The other Rane goody I got is the Balance Buddy 8 channel balunbal. Super useful utility with nice transfos. And for me at least, the Rane technical documents on cable connections and ground were very helpful for learning. They definitely had the knowledge onboard. Since you’re not Tony & can’t just walk down the street pop in and say “ what can you do with this ?” Just give Jim a Call. He’s blunt and honest about what he does can do and what he is willing to try. |
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