Like many of us, I'm looking hard at these boards.
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Originally Posted by matta These are EXACTLLY the reasons why I prefer the Toft ATB, sonics aside, I'm talking construction now.
Firstly the ATB is through hole, like the good old days, and as someone who builds and repairs my own gear this is a MAJOR selling point! I'm no good with SMD (not worth investing my money in the tools for this work right now), but decent with a 'traditional' iron, so if a channel goes down, out comes the card, and it is up an running in no time. Saves a fortune on repairs.
The boards themselves are in banks of 8 PCB's, so if a channel goes down, and you aren't any good with an iron you can take out the channel send it for repair, but still be able to record your next session. Not sure if you have single cards in the Oram 8T, not seen the insides, so can't comment.
ALL the IC's are socketed, so the user can vary the sound just by replacing the opamps, with various drop in IC's and see if you don't perhaps prefer another sound. Maybe even have a couple channels with NE5532's instead of TL072's... I love options... personally wouldn't want to try it on the Oram board though. |
According to the Oram dealer I corresponded with, although the board is largely surface mount, major ic components are in sockets, so that sort of change is possible. I expect to actually see and hear the board on my next trip to the city.