Nat
Well-known member
Okay, so I started my G7 more than year ago. It's been a real learning curve, that's for sure. I had no knowledge of metalworking at all when I started (I still don't!) and had only just about managed to build a 1176 before this, that being my first project. I had to build quite a few bodies before I got one that would do the job. I'm still dissatisfied with this one but it'll have to do for now.
Anyway, on Sunday morning I finally got it working and inside its case. Woohoo!! :thumb: :thumb: I used it on a session in the afternoon and here are the results:
wav 6.7 MB or
mp3 1.52 MB 320k
G7 > G9 > Tape > SB soundcard
Capsule is a stock Soundking 34mm edge terminated job. Mullard tube and Lundahl transformer. The G9 has just got cheap chinese no name tubes and OEP transformers. I'm not convinced it's entirely working correctly, but that's for another post. Sounds better than the pres in my Soundcraft desk, anyway!
There's unfortunately a small amount of distortion on a couple of the peaks from where I set the level too high to tape and forgot to turn off the DBX. Otherwise it's fine.
Anyway, let me know what you think. How does this compare with what others have built?
--Nat
<edit> Here's a picture that someone took for me this afternoon (7/6/05)
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On an unrelated note, there's someone on this forum to whom I owe some money from a long while back when I was trying to organize the group capsule buy, only I can't remember the guy's name. I'll recognize it when I see it, though. It was something like £60 so I need to pay him back. If he could get in touch that would be great!
Anyway, on Sunday morning I finally got it working and inside its case. Woohoo!! :thumb: :thumb: I used it on a session in the afternoon and here are the results:
wav 6.7 MB or
mp3 1.52 MB 320k
G7 > G9 > Tape > SB soundcard
Capsule is a stock Soundking 34mm edge terminated job. Mullard tube and Lundahl transformer. The G9 has just got cheap chinese no name tubes and OEP transformers. I'm not convinced it's entirely working correctly, but that's for another post. Sounds better than the pres in my Soundcraft desk, anyway!
There's unfortunately a small amount of distortion on a couple of the peaks from where I set the level too high to tape and forgot to turn off the DBX. Otherwise it's fine.
Anyway, let me know what you think. How does this compare with what others have built?
--Nat
<edit> Here's a picture that someone took for me this afternoon (7/6/05)
_________
On an unrelated note, there's someone on this forum to whom I owe some money from a long while back when I was trying to organize the group capsule buy, only I can't remember the guy's name. I'll recognize it when I see it, though. It was something like £60 so I need to pay him back. If he could get in touch that would be great!