| Umm, I think you are overloading the input. The solution is to not feed it such hot signal. You answered your own question!
If you are talking about old Ampex tape recorder electronics, well, they were built a long time ago and not desigend for today's loud sounds. It just doesn't like it. Het, I'm old and don't like loud sounds either!
Horses for courses, as they say, which means use it appropriately and it will be fine. Don't try to run the Indy 500 in a VW or Model T.
I'll bet it will make a fine preamp for ribbon mics on orchestras or acoustic music!
Lou
Oh, and re: "I'm assuming that the input transformer in the 351 isn't exactly equipped for modern high output mics and are getting over saturated." - No, if the transformer is saturated it will sound iron, if it sounds like transistor overload it is probably input stage overload. Same solution!
L |