SoundMods wrote:
Shaffer wrote:
Hey!
My name is Justin and I run a little studio in New Albany, IN (across the river from Louisville) called Mud Hill Music.
Very fortunate to own and use the center section of The Who's Ramport Helios console into a 16 track 3M M56
I drive my Auratone 5Cs with a GEC 912+ amplifier that I converted to stereo using a pair of Dynaco Z-565 OPTs.
Looking to build TWO pair of Williamson amps to biamp my Tannoys and subs.
Love this site and looking forward to learning from you guys. Peace,
Justin
Welcome to the audio "nut farm!" I looked up your mixing desk and noted that the gain blocks were discrete op-amps (nice!) but was shocked to see the signal-path littered with electrolytic capacitors.
You could do yourself a service and improve recording quality substantially by a global upgrade to polycarbonate and/or polypropylene capacitors wherever possible and maybe even signal-path resistors should be addressed.
Where space prohibits the physically large film caps the electrolytics could be replaced with electrolytic caps that have hi-end audio "chops."
Otherwise it appears to be a well constructed mixing desk.Thanks so much and thanks for the advice! Those 'lyrics are mostly in the 100uF and above range... I'm not sure if and where lower values of film caps will be viable, but I'll look into it. There may be a couple locations in each channel where that's a viable and meaningful upgrade. I'll consult with the few surviving Helios experts.
As you probably well know, there are some divergent philosophies between pro audio guys and hifi guys. I'm somewhere in the middle as you can probably deduce from the Williamson amps, etc (where most pro audio guys would use 400W Brystons... not that there's anything wrong with that)
That said, I appreciate the input. Peace,
Justin