been working on this klangenschmitt alfredo console for a crazy cool jazz musician from wellington. after several months exhaustive designing and planning. today i got the first two channels completely going and sounding really beautiful. these channels are all tube mic/di/line/two way eq/pultec MB1 line output – preamps. with neever transistor console mixer…
ekadek klangenschmitt spitfire console design.10 channel transistor mixer with stereo bus and echo bus. stereo valve eq. stereo varimu tube limiter stereo tube mix bus amplifier. 4 stereo returns. control room section has 3 speaker amp outputs – headphone send selection and volume , talkback function. an onboard p.a small fat hifi speaker is…
this EVER READY SKYQUEEN is straight out of the 1950s. shes been (tenderly) gutted and had a beaut pultec MB1 design two tube mic/direct preamp built into her. the 1/4″ direct input is a tough sounding hiZ instrument amplifier, super great for direct bass guitar or keyboards. the microphone input is balanced low Z with…
the skyqueen’s panel and sexy knobs are off for their annodising bath. shouldnt hurt a bit. i dont really think that the panel is going to come back quite with so much uranium tan or anything like the above shot. we’ll see what advanced anodisers in tokoroa can do with it eh. anyways in the…
geez. philip has some fine company there. damian is up to his neck with united audio la2a. wunder audio and a manley vox box. philip has been in our family along time scrapping it out with the odds and bods around the place. and getting lent out a bit to friends. the wife and kids…
so far the MB1 amplifier (12ax7 & 6aq5) and the small speaker power output stage (6aq5) are built onto an ugly custom stripped out chassis. its chopped up to fit neatly into the lovely old skyqueen cabinet. it sounds great even with it’s very temp/experimental control wiring. just need to drill and letter stamp up…
famous pultec MB1 design two tube mic /di amp. my ekadek clone of it lovingly built into this 1960s philips portable tape deck. i made this one is 2002 and have used it with great success to sell the design and portable concept over and over again. as well as stereo and 4-8-16 channel rack…
ive drilled up the panel and letterstamped it. it’s been bent to fit the cabinet properly and is getting anodized as i type. while it is soaking . i’ll finish and test the tube chassis. 8 tubes . 6 signal transformers. my evolved prototype chassis sounds great – really open feeling microphone sound. the tube…
classic set up . 1200s.pioneer mixer. and a monoman running the big mono kick ass speaker stacks. ruggedtechniques . hal smith stevens has been visiting me for years now. he is always so enthusiastic and charming. and extremely talented. and one day we’ll get to work on a major major project together. my god man…
this stack of shiny junk is the killer rig to kill all other so-called killer rigs. fat as pultec-ish MB1 stereo mike/di/line preamp. 4 tube chassis. the FAT LADY 5670 stereo limiting amplifier. 8 tube chassis. and the TEN8TOR GYRATOR stereo eq. about two bazillion transistor chassis. the most extreme channel strips you’re ever likely…
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