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Hello everyone !
I am in the process of having Ian Thompson bell build a 12 channel line mixer and I am going to build his preamps And eqs to accompany it. I plan on building the preamps with zero negative feedback fixed gain with different pads and in his SRPP topology . I am trying to get a nice colored sound out of it and thought I would ask the forum what transformers they would recommend for a vintage colored sound . I am a big fan of
Mid 60s to about 1973 La sound like the mamas and papas, Jefferson airplane ,the beach boys pet sounds album, Crosby , stills , nash , buffalo Springfield ,the carpenters, Todd rundgren , carol king , America ( I’m actually not sure where America recorded but I love their sound ) . All of these seem to be kind of soft /dark in the topend which I find pleasing .obviously there is more at play than just transformers but I would love to hear your opinions ! I have spoke to David geren at cinemag ( a really nice and helpful guy ) and he recommended the cm-75101 , have any of you used it ? And if so do you think it would fit the sound i’m after ? I also have been talking To Chris at oep and he mentioned they have a nice version of a 10468 Like a never style transformer and is open to building custom stuff too and letting me try samples as well .
Also I should mention Ian’s design calls for a 1:10 input transformer and 2.4K:600 ohm output transformer .
Look forward to hearing any all opinions and sorry to write a novel!
Thanks !
Ethan
I am in the process of having Ian Thompson bell build a 12 channel line mixer and I am going to build his preamps And eqs to accompany it. I plan on building the preamps with zero negative feedback fixed gain with different pads and in his SRPP topology . I am trying to get a nice colored sound out of it and thought I would ask the forum what transformers they would recommend for a vintage colored sound . I am a big fan of
Mid 60s to about 1973 La sound like the mamas and papas, Jefferson airplane ,the beach boys pet sounds album, Crosby , stills , nash , buffalo Springfield ,the carpenters, Todd rundgren , carol king , America ( I’m actually not sure where America recorded but I love their sound ) . All of these seem to be kind of soft /dark in the topend which I find pleasing .obviously there is more at play than just transformers but I would love to hear your opinions ! I have spoke to David geren at cinemag ( a really nice and helpful guy ) and he recommended the cm-75101 , have any of you used it ? And if so do you think it would fit the sound i’m after ? I also have been talking To Chris at oep and he mentioned they have a nice version of a 10468 Like a never style transformer and is open to building custom stuff too and letting me try samples as well .
Also I should mention Ian’s design calls for a 1:10 input transformer and 2.4K:600 ohm output transformer .
Look forward to hearing any all opinions and sorry to write a novel!
Thanks !
Ethan
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