pro audio DIY assistance? - hollywood_steve

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pro audio DIY assistance?

Posted by hollywood_steve (P) on August 3, 2002 at 19:44:31

Although the world is filled with highly skilled professionals who can help a HiFi DYI-er when he gets lost in unchartered territory, there's a lot less help available for a pro audio DIY-er. And it gets even worse if the pro audio project is based on old 600 ohm, transformer balanced technology. The good pro audio techs spend 95% of their time working on transistor or chip based equipment. When tube gear is used in pro audio these days, its usually something like the gear from Manley Labs, tube gear utilizing modern technology.

But as a beginner to the world of DIY, I'm interested in building designs that I can truly understand from input to output. And that means mostly passive, transformer coupled, 600 ohm gear. My current goal is a 4x2 line level summing box, preferably fully passive. The pro techs always suggest some chip based summing ciruit, that probably works really well, but what goes on inside that little box may as well be magic. A passive summing circuit is perfect for a 4x2 situation but where can I turn for assistance? The local tube guitar amp gurus have a solid understanding of passive components, but they all go blank at my request for balanced I/O and lots of clean headroom. I just want to find a tech that I can pay for an hour or two or three of consulting time. Somebody that I can ask a bunch of questions and pass sketches back and forth for an hour or two. But finding a pro audio tech who really understands 50 year old design techniques has been a big problem. Suggestions?

Thanks.

steve
lex125@pacbell.net
digital? I'm still not sure about transistors....

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Topic - pro audio DIY assistance? - hollywood_steve 19:44:31 08/03/02 (15)

Re: pro audio DIY assistance? - Edu Silva 09:14:01 08/11/02 (0)

I know the feeling!!! - Dman 06:41:53 08/05/02 (0)

Re: pro audio DIY assistance? - prolifix 15:37:44 08/04/02 (0)

Re: pro audio DIY assistance? - j.l.guillebeau@att.net 07:20:32 08/04/02 (11)

Re: pro audio DIY assistance? - hollywood_steve 09:20:05 08/04/02 (10)

Re: pro audio DIY assistance? - j.l.guillebeau@att.net 11:32:28 08/04/02 (9)

Re: pro audio DIY assistance? - thylantyr 10:07:21 08/08/02 (8)

What planet are you on? - j.l.guillebeau@att.net 06:22:56 08/09/02 (7)

Re: What planet are you on? - thylantyr 09:21:17 08/09/02 (6)

For your Continuing Education! - j.l.guillebeau@att.net 13:19:02 08/09/02 (5)

Re: For your Continuing Education! - Roland 15:08:04 08/31/02 (0)

Re: For your Continuing Education! - hollywood_steve 18:53:18 08/09/02 (2)

Re: For your Continuing Education! - thylantyr 11:15:21 08/10/02 (1)

Re: For your Continuing Education! - Roland 15:26:42 08/31/02 (0)

Re: For your Continuing Education! - thylantyr 16:03:51 08/09/02 (0)

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