just want to say real quick though that there's a whole circuit behind those first two parts, and it was designed by a very bright man who intended it to work a certain way, and there are a bunch of loose threads about things that 'don't work the way i want,' 'don't work the way they should,' or 'doesnt sound as cool as the one at my dude's studio' etc etc
one way or another, I can't expect to replace parts in a schematic that had gone through 4, 5, 6, 7, whatever revisions and expect the world.... and man, with the time i've realized it takes to build stuff really well, if i can't get a part or can't pay the price, i'm not going to spend the time anymore.
so thats all.... there's nothing wrong with a 5532 input 1176. it sounds wonderful to my ears. i mean thats probably what happened to urei... the same thing that happens to me... "these attenuators are getting really expensive" and instead of slapping on something that might work, they used a chip. big deal... if i find at a good price some old 600 ohm t attenuators, i'll use em.... if i find enough spare cash to buy new ones, i'll buy a pair. but i'm not gonna put any time into a rev d 1176 without em.
/rant
i think that a fet compressor with input and output transformer would be an awesome thing to have. abosolutely.... and actually, the adr stuff is perfect example. high-ish, maybe even 10k, input impedance, 600 out, standard easy to get transformers, all pots are just 'pots'
setup is probably a little tougher, but it can't be that bad.
i've been wanting to try and make a board for adr f600 for a while now, i have a scan of a friends pcb, and tons of notes, and some awesome pics from kid squid, maybe i should get off my ass
