--- Christophe Vescovi <vescovi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > R Parker a écrit : > > > > > FMR looks interesting. Have you worked with their > > stuff? > > > Not personally. As I said this stuff is very > difficult to find in > Europe. If you google in the rec.pro.audio newsgroup > you will find > several opinions of the RNC (compressor) and RNP > (preamp). > > > FMR isn't the only option for affordable high end > > preamps. Check out the do it yourself (DIY) preamp > > kits at http://www.hamptone.com/ > > > > Interesting, but these are different beast, I think > the hamptone pre > must be much more colored (transformer, two stage > jfet amplifier) and > less versatile, I'm curious, could you explain what you mean by a lack of versatility? Reguarding "color", audio engineers purchase for it. The difference of sound quality between Avalon, Neve, Focusrite, Soundtrac, etc is obvious and I want them for their distinct qualities. I suppose a signal path that I might not want to color could be hardware based mastering. Although, that woudn't be a rule in my book. Well, there's many examples of signal paths that might be best served with colorless preamps. I could see having a couple colorless preamps but my Avalon and Soundtrac are both very colored and I use them with many rooms, mics and instruments. I've never listened to a Hamptone and that's probably one of the reasons I haven't tried them. The price is right and when I read his article the things he stated made sense to me. However, unlike yourself, I'm not an electrical engineer so my ability to detect warning lights within the specs is pretty limited. but it can have an interesting sound > in some situation. The model I'm curious about is the HVTP2: 2 CHANNEL TRANSFORMER BALANCED TUBE MICPRE KIT. What is your take on that model? > You can find a lot of DIY audio stuff, but you need > time and skills ... > I have skills (I am an electronic engineer) but not > so much time !! I think Cocoa the gorilla could be trained to assemble the kit I looked at which means I might qualify. :) I don't have the testing gear but Hamptone tests the components. ron > Christophe > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
