Re: Homebuilt mic pre


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Iain Churches wrote:

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Iain Churches wrote:
"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Chris Hornbeck wrote:
Bret Ludwig wrote:

I've thought about doing a spot of recording and am thinking of
building a mic pre. I want to buy an input transformer and use a
hi-Z
output because I will be recording directly (short cable) to a
mono
pro tape machine. Any thoughts as to which is the better
transformer
and whether a triode, pentode, or FET circuit might be better? I
will
be using a Royer SF-1 as it is the only really good mic I own.

WRT transformers, in America there's Jensen, and then there's
everything else. For real fidelity, accept nothing less.

And in Europe, there's Lundahl.

Anything other than those two for high performance applications is
pretty
much a waste of time.


Graham. For Europe, two names are missing.
Sowter (UK) and Welter in Germany.
Both are excellent.

Sowter are quite good but not really in the same league IMHO. I don't
know
Welter.

In the same way you did not know Studer or Lewo consoles :-)

You're making stuff up again. Getting twisted in your old age ?

You mentioned knowing Studer tape machines, but not consoles.
Lewo was totally unknown to you.

Can one really give a reliable opinion not knowing anything at
all about 75% of the horses in the race?

I know about most of them, I simply don't rate them for a high end
application.
I probably wouldn't use St Ives Windings either. So who uses Welter ?

How can you give an opinion about a product that you
have never heard of, let alone used? You seem to be keen
to take over from dear old Pinkie - he was good at that sort
of evaluation. It didn't even have to be the right schematic,
for him to tell you the amp was cr*p :-)

Iain




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    ... Any thoughts as to which is the better transformer ... For Europe, two names are missing. ... Sowter and Welter in Germany. ... Sowter are quite good but not really in the same league IMHO. ...
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  • Re: Homebuilt mic pre
    ... Any thoughts as to which is the better transformer ... For Europe, two names are missing. ... Sowter and Welter in Germany. ... Sowter are quite good but not really in the same league IMHO. ...
    (rec.audio.tubes)