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Brad McGowan · 27th July 2006

I already have built two of these kits using Cinemag iron and a Hardy 990C opamp. It was a breeze to put together and I was able to get all the help I needed from groupdiy.com and from Eisen Audio. The preamps worked perfectly the first time I plugged them in and they sound great. I built each of mine slightly different and am hoping to compare the differences between the two and tweak it to sound even better. I just need to finish up some mixing and free up my schedule. I bought my transformers as part of a group buy so I saved some money there...but I think my cost was about $250/channel. I got in on the initial batch so I think there might have been a special price offering.

I highly recommend this kit.

I really hope Eisen Audio releases a DIY EQ kit in the future.

Brad

27th July 2006	#11
Brad McGowan Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 5,582	I already have built two of these kits using Cinemag iron and a Hardy 990C opamp. It was a breeze to put together and I was able to get all the help I needed from groupdiy.com and from Eisen Audio. The preamps worked perfectly the first time I plugged them in and they sound great. I built each of mine slightly different and am hoping to compare the differences between the two and tweak it to sound even better. I just need to finish up some mixing and free up my schedule. I bought my transformers as part of a group buy so I saved some money there...but I think my cost was about $250/channel. I got in on the initial batch so I think there might have been a special price offering. I highly recommend this kit. I really hope Eisen Audio releases a DIY EQ kit in the future. Brad