is this too good to be true?

[cornboy7x]

im thinking about investing in two racks of pres from this company. idealy it would be a full rack of N72s, and another with 6 A12s, and 2 J99. im starting to do a lot of sessions in the bands practice spaces and need quality pres in a portable package. i usually borrow a friends brent averils, and some of his 512s, but i want my own. id like to know from SCA on what kind of price we're talking for the complete kits, and if theres any chance of a demo unit available to try? id love hear more from everyone else about how these pres sound.

thanks

[Bastiaan]

Try this: http://www.seventhcirclestudios.com/SCA/SCA.htm


and click on "price and ordering".

That shows all the prices you are looking for. If there's no price of an item, that item is simply not available.....

[kudos]

Hey I've ordered a power supply and an N72 will have it as soon as shipment is in! I think i've mabey spoken to you before. I work down in Boston at Guitar Center. My name is Dominic I do the new internet sales program for GC any questions about this pre just call me 617-738-5958 or email me at IErep550@guitarcenter.com

[Bastiaan]

ehh no offence, but .....asking questions right here would be the smarter thing IMO, because the designer and builder of the kit will read it and maybe answer it.

[kudos]

Point taken thanks! Duh.

[tele_player]

bastiaan - did you get your preamp working yet? I just ordered an A12 - my chassis will be 50% full soon.

-tele_player

[Bastiaan]

Teleplayer,

I just finished assembling the PS02 and the 2 N72's i have. So more to follow.....

[tele_player]

Excellent - any surprises? What's your impression? If you like them, be sure to tell the DUC...

[Bastiaan]

I am kinda chicken in this. It took me about an hour to built the caurage to actually hook up the ps02 and test it. But it all went smooth. I also tested both my n72's up to the point i could fine calibrate with a scope, wich i will do tomorrow.

I also have to drill holes and stuff in the steel casing i got, wich i see as a bigger hurdle as the soldering itself.

Digikey did an axcellent job in delivering the goods. The only thing they messed up was swapping the 2 3-pin connectors for the grounding (J3 & J4) for a pack of 5 56K resistors. The rest was as described on the BOM (Wich is a compliment to myself too i guess, because i typed everything in by hand...)

Next time i will do the simple thing, and get everything from Tim. I think i maybe saved $10 or so...and thats not really the trouble to be honest. I got the minimal kits because i could simply go to the shop here and get all the components i needed, but that was not the case. Then i found out Digikey also operates in the Netherlands...


For a timeframe: The soldering took me all day. That's the PS02 and 2 N72's. I tried not to rush and work neat. I guess that payed off, because everything worked right from the get-go. If i would have had the CH01 then i think everything would be together by now, because then its only a case of screwing the PCB's into the chassis, and hooking it up. Now i still have to figure out a way to put it in the box i got (also a 2 HE box) and drilling all the holes. If there's something i am NOT good at its stuff like this...so this could take some cosiderable time and effort.....

[tele_player]

Thanks for the report, and good luck on the tedious mechanical stuff.

I haven't gotten to fine-calibrating mine with a scope, but just adjusting to Tim's nominal voltage setting sounds great.

[Bastiaan]

Today i decided to hook up a mic and try it. It works! And for what i heard just now i sounded very nice and crisp and airy, but what i did can hardly be described as thorough testing. I hooked up an SM58, and the out of the N72 directly to my active monitor.

Does anybody knows how and where to hook up some VU-meters? Thanks!