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The clone is redesigned in order to use widely-available parts, and at the same time retain the sonic characteristics of the Urei1176#F, of which we have four sitting in our studio.
And yes, you can always argue back and forth what is the best sounding version, but under any circumstances the basic design is a healthy FET-based, mostly discrete built, transformer-balanced output compressor, suitable for a wide variety of tasks in recording and mixing.
And it's correct that the very-old versions with DC running through the output transformer core are loved by many - but these are simply not easy at all to source parts for on a diy-basis (and even not on a pro manufacturing basis, judging from recent "reissues" :-) )
So far I havent heard from anyone that actually built the project that they were disappointed with the sound - but lots and lots of people NOT building it have all sorts of opinions and ideas about why it's not good enough and thus not worth trying to take on. I guess it's more about human nature than actual sonics.
Jakob E.
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