VIntage Rack

[Steve Honest]

Chaps

the 47 still hasn't materialised, i have committed to buy , but no sign as of yet,
I missed the eqp1a by a day, i go the money but it was sold the day before,
I did get the MEq5 and along with that and the fairchild i did my first guitar session on them yesterday,
lovely, though i did have to use the desk pre , which are still nice, but not quite the vintage i want, but worked well,
the pultec is nothing like the waves plug in i tried, it fattens the sound, and then does a lovely job of nudging the tone about. player was please i was pleased, and when we a/b ed the tracks with same guy tracks done on a SSL no contest, we had body and depth,

Spotted a pair of V72 s, fingers crossed.

Steve

[nickelironsteel]

amsome recording chain, i can recommend any of those, but nothing comes close to the the Albis:

- DISA ELEKTRONIK A/S - 91B21 STANDARD FORSTARKER
- ELEKTRO-APPARATEBAU GMBH - MV 63 Mikrofon-Verstärker
- SIEMENS-ALBISWERK ZÜRICH AG - Typ Albis 502/59a/b/60/61/61a - Studioverstärker
- Maihak B-V 41 b - Mikrofon- und Hauptverstärker
- TAB V 76 s - Studio-Mikrofonverstärker f.d.Schallpl.Ind

[beingmf]

Originally Posted by nickelironsteel

amsome recording chain, i can recommend any of those, but nothing comes close to the the Albis:

- DISA ELEKTRONIK A/S - 91B21 STANDARD FORSTARKER
- ELEKTRO-APPARATEBAU GMBH - MV 63 Mikrofon-Verstärker
- SIEMENS-ALBISWERK ZÜRICH AG - Typ Albis 502/59a/b/60/61/61a - Studioverstärker
- Maihak B-V 41 b - Mikrofon- und Hauptverstärker
- TAB V 76 s - Studio-Mikrofonverstärker f.d.Schallpl.Ind

[Malini]

Originally Posted by Steve Honest

Spotted a pair of V72 s, fingers crossed.

...or the new TAB Funkenwerk V72s.

[carloff]

Originally Posted by Malini

...or the new TAB Funkenwerk V72s.

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Wow, you kidding , right?

[Steve Honest]

Originally Posted by Malini

...or the new TAB Funkenwerk V72s.

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im sure these are great, but id rather buy the real thing
steve

[Remy Leloup]

A pleasure to read this thread

I could imagine all your fantastic gear with some IZ ADA nyquist converters added to that..

But i'm sure that Aurora lynx are great tools too

All the best to you Steve

[Steve Honest]

So i think i have narrowed it down to a pair of V72 model S,
difficult to find i know, but thats half the fun
Steve

let me know if you come across any for sale

[salomonander]

Originally Posted by Steve Honest

So i think i have narrowed it down to a pair of V72 model S,
difficult to find i know, but thats half the fun
Steve

let me know if you come across any for sale

why not just get a proper serviced vintage pair from someone like h&e?

[Steve Honest]

Sounds good
as long as its a real vintage pair and the restoration work uses correct period components.
how do i contact them?
Steve

[nbrecording]

Originally Posted by Steve Honest

Sounds good
as long as its a real vintage pair and the restoration work uses correct period components.
how do i contact them?
Steve

http://www.hestudiotechnik.de/englis...d/outboard.htm

doesn't look like there's much in stock at the mo.....

[Steve Honest]

Hello

I added the Preamp from a valve Brennal tape recorder form the 60s , sounds great on guitar and bass, not tried vocals yet, but will do next week
Steve

[Steve Honest]

HI chaps

I added a 40 s Federal compressor to this rack, and used it to wreck some drums,
please a 87 on its side over the kit in figure 8, thru a 1073 and then the federal, cranked it up to get it crunchy, and away we go, didnt really want to add an eq , so moved the mic a few times to get balance and tones, and my client was very happy.

later in the day we swapped out to a Focusrite 828 pre and a API 560 eq and the federal, a 414 buls and did some really nice horns, by this time of the day i had worked out how the current control works on the federal and got it much cleaner then for the drums, though
we did some reggae horns, where things got stinky again with the tone.

all in all a great Day and a very good purchase.

Steve

[dubrichie]

Damnit Steve, give us pictures!

[Steve Honest]

SO chaps
finally got a 1960 Telefunken U47, in really nice order all the correct valve and capsule orignal PSU,

now to round this rack off i want to buy a v72 and a v 76 pre,

Steve

[Trev@Circle]

Congrats matey!

[Herc]

Originally Posted by Steve Honest

Im gonna try this out
mono mixs out the Neve, into te fairchild and the on to this 1965 Valve Brennell 1/4 inch full track tae recorder,

I just got the brennell last week and today some tapes were dropped off , so i cant wait to record to it,

it needs some service and a lot of degaussing,
but might be fun methinks

Those Brennells look very similar to the Ferrograph units from the same era. I suspect it will sound excellent.

[raal]

you obviously don't have a budget problem... if it were me, i'd definitely add Neve 1084, or if you dont want the EQ, 1272 and API 312. have all these and a pair of V72s (very nice pres but i use the others alot more).

[Steve Honest]

Thanks mate.

I have all the Neve im going to need for now. id like to buy v76 s but im told reliably that the top end is not as open as on a v 72, which dosnt have as much gain, but then with a condenser..... for a ribbon i could perhaps cascade pres,

but i think im set on a pair of V72 s ideally the S model

Steve

[JOliver]

The V76s I have heard have sounded more open on top than a V72 but im sure all of them sound pretty different at this point anyway. It sounds like you are pretty set on getting the "big names" when it comes to vintage gear but just remember all this stuff comes with a super inflated price tag. In my experience there are at least a handful of tube broadcast preamps that sound as good if not better than V72s and cost a quarter to half of the price. Also ive never heard a 660 but I cant imagine it being any more useful than a BA6a (or sounding better for that matter)

[Steve Honest]

Thats the great value of this forum, the Varying views people have.

I agree old gear will sound different to identical Old gear,

Ba 6 is a great bit of Kit, but is not a 660, the fairchild does more than compress, it uses slight of hand to mend bad mic tech, it adds density to signal its truly amazing, pop round and play with my 660 for a couple of hours and see for yourself, you can side by side it with a BA 6 and a lot of other cool gear

its not about the names, its about the sound, its does carry a price tag, but then so what? one can sell them on if you get tired of them, but in reality its a great privilege for me , to be able to work with these items on a daily basis.
CLients enjoy it to, and they count.

Steve

[Pd-Baraka]

Sorry, but when i read the Topic title i was thinking of dolly Parton.

[Steve Honest]

SO the moters and what not where a bit of a bother on the tape recorder so i had the pre amps chopped out and mounted into a nice rack, so now i have a nice mid 60s valve pre amp , with a ton of gain and a lovely thick sound,

pair of V76 s on the horizon, keep your fingers crossed.

Steve

[nickelironsteel]

if budget is not an issue, id get a pair of V76S, those were the only ones built for the recording industry.

if you go the V72 route, get the early telefunken ones. i dig em over the later siemens

[Steve Honest]

SO the guy in Switzerland called MArco who claimed to have a pair of V76 S models and even sent me pictures
Turned out to be a complete waste of time, be careful of him i think he is fishing for somebody to send him money and then not ship the units.

BUyer Beware

Steve