seems like my take on the 10468 could work with your PCB for the carnhill with a different right angle header combination.
great to see a new design! and glad to see further embrace of the 51x idea. though the word albatross has mixed associations in english:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross_(metaphor)
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The albatross soars. It is majestic, long-living, and rare (endangered.) I like the name.
It also mates for life but metaphorically that makes no sense for a preamp.
And for remote recording you can hang one around your neck.
Oh guys, you did complete metaphoric salad in my brain, I am not inherently English-speaker.
The name came next way.
After we did first proto's and they got great customer's feedback, me and my assistant
Sergey 1st:
had a professional discussion between evening beers about naming big-balled preamp.
Now, into Russian metaphoric.
Balls and
eggs have same word and pronounce.
To name big-balled thing, we used the name of bird with biggest eggs.
This way, the choice was Albatross.
Mating- and funny-wise, you can call Albatross "Dolphine pre", 'cause dolphins (known fact) are always happy and mating like rabbits too.
Now, my assistant's name is Sergey as well, he is the 5th person I working with for 2003-2011.
Instead of calling him Sergey 2nd, he is Ghost, like serious, weighting-every-move Linuxoid supposed to be nicknamed.
Hope my banter did same cultural salad in your brains.
Now, back to stuff.
FRONTS: if you like them aluminum, laser cut, silkscreened, we need 30 orders minimum.
All tech questions are more then welcome, BTW.
