[quote author="Infernal_Death"][quote author="clintrubber"][quote author="Infernal_Death"]Wow, are there really 4 pieces of iron in the signal path ? No wonder it's supposed to sound good :green:
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If I spotted it correctly the fourth TX is in the sidechain.
(We could have long debates of course about whether a certain component is or isn't in the signal path :wink: )
The 33609 has 'only' three TXs, all 'in the signal path'.
Regards,
Peter[/quote]
Oh you are right. Well three transformers still is a lot of iron. I don't think this will be a cheap build (then again which neve is cheap to build? (neve ic preamp excluded))
Flo[/quote]
Going all the way w.r.t. components will of course be the best thing to do - once the decision has been made to spend the time & effort.
But when looking at the 33609-circuit there's still that nagging feeling that an 'economy'-version could result in an interesting pice of gear. There have been previous suggestions & talks about using OEP-TXs and with a little imagination & some small corners cut the de-luxe switches could be replaced by Lorlins. Once that is solved it's straight ahead: low-cost parts: just caps, resistors & discrete transistors (but lots of them :wink: ). Throw all that on a single PCB (including the TXs & Lorlins) and mount it parallel to the frontpanel, add XLRs & a power-TX and there you have it.
But as said: it'll require some time & effort, so once at it why not spend that bit more & have the 'real' beast.
BTW, note I haven't ever been close to any of the 2254- or 33609-incarnations. I understood all sound a little bit different, but to which I extend I don't know.
Regards,
Peter