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Re: need some suggestions designing studio equipment

3/30/2003 7:49 PM
LFOscalator	Re: need some suggestions designing studio equipment Sovtek makes a decent 6DJ8. They package it as a 6922, available from new sensor and others. About $9-11 apiece US. Seems that the sovtek version is preferred by some hi end studio eqiupment manufacturers such as Avalon Design. What you might want to do is build the preamp section of the VT-737SP. I've had a chance to compare the Avalon to other tube preamps, and the Avalon beats everything else I've tried hands down. Extremely well balanced, rich, and warm. It goes way beyond just getting a nice tube sound. http://www.avalondesign.com/vt737sp.html You'd have to figure out where to get a schematic though on your own. LFO

3/30/2003 7:49 PM

LFOscalator

Re: need some suggestions designing studio equipment

Sovtek makes a decent 6DJ8. They package it as a 6922, available from new sensor and others. About $9-11 apiece US. Seems that the sovtek version is preferred by some hi end studio eqiupment manufacturers such as Avalon Design.

What you might want to do is build the preamp section of the VT-737SP. I've had a chance to compare the Avalon to other tube preamps, and the Avalon beats everything else I've tried hands down. Extremely well balanced, rich, and warm. It goes way beyond just getting a nice tube sound.

http://www.avalondesign.com/vt737sp.html

You'd have to figure out where to get a schematic though on your own.

LFO

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