lavry mic pre "made out of 244 parts"

audiothings · 22nd March 2005

http://macmidimusic.com/prod.itml/icOid/8087

http://www.lavryengineering.com/index_html.html

max cooper · 22nd March 2005

That's gonna be a cool way for mfgr's to market their preamps:

"Don't settle for a mic pre with less than 245 parts!!!"

It'll have all kinds of extra screws and stuff in it....

deft_bonz · 22nd March 2005

Does anyone know if the pres will be wired internally to the AD modules? Or do you have to wire them over the patchbay?

Brad Blackwood · 22nd March 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by max cooper

That's gonna be a cool way for mfgr's to market their preamps:

"Don't settle for a mic pre with less than 245 parts!!!"

It'll have all kinds of extra screws and stuff in it....

Likely a reference to how few parts are in it compared to most mic pres...

max cooper · 22nd March 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Blackwood

Likely a reference to how few parts are in it compared to most mic pres...

...just bustin' their chops...hold on while I put this preamp back together....

murp · 22nd March 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Blackwood

Likely a reference to how few parts are in it compared to most mic pres...

Are you sure about that? It sounds like considerably less than what might be in, say, an API/OSA style preamp, even if you count the individual parts in the op-amp...

Then on the other end of the scale, you have things like the Gordon Audio preamps, which are just ridiculous:

http://www.gordonaudio.com/images/5preint.jpg

matt

LaLaFaV · 22nd March 2005

I think what it means is they are pushing the "less is more" idea that with less components to go through, the more "pure" the sound will be.

dkatz42 · 23rd March 2005

I'm reminded of when transistor counts were used as marketing items for "transistor radios" when I was a kid. "23 Transistors!" Half of them were crippled and used as diodes...

(OK, I'm dating myself. My grandmother bought me a transistor radio and I tuned in CKLW and heard the Byrds do "Mr. Tambourine Man" when it first came out, and my life changed...)

audiothings · 23rd March 2005

(from the lavry website)

"The concept of “minimum electronics in the signal path” is great for some applications, but a liability where each gain stage must accommodate a very large gain range. "

hence the 244 parts.

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max cooper Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2004 Location: tx Posts: 8,802	That's gonna be a cool way for mfgr's to market their preamps: "Don't settle for a mic pre with less than 245 parts!!!" It'll have all kinds of extra screws and stuff in it....

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deft_bonz Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2003 Location: switzerland Posts: 3,532 9 Reviews written	Does anyone know if the pres will be wired internally to the AD modules? Or do you have to wire them over the patchbay?

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dkatz42 Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Santa Fe, NM Posts: 988	I'm reminded of when transistor counts were used as marketing items for "transistor radios" when I was a kid. "23 Transistors!" Half of them were crippled and used as diodes... (OK, I'm dating myself. My grandmother bought me a transistor radio and I tuned in CKLW and heard the Byrds do "Mr. Tambourine Man" when it first came out, and my life changed...)