Anyone familiar with Auditronics 310 console?

[bob katz]

Originally Posted by caglej

Hi everyone..........
This is my first post, and I'm hoping some of the veterans around here can help me with some information about an Auditronics 310 console. I've scoured the net with no luck in finding any information......I received this console from a radio station which relocated, and just left in the building.(It's incredibly heavy.....ha!) Is this console worth refurbishing? It has dual power supplies, and they both work. Most of the faders are smooth, but a few feel like they could be either cleaned or replaced. The console powers up fine, and everything appears OK. I'd like to know how the preamps and EQ's sound.......It was previously set up for broadcast, but could be used instead of our mackie 24.8 as a front end to digital. I need to obtain pinouts before I can do any further testing, but would appreciate any comments/suggestions or knowledge about this particular console.



Thanks in advance,
JC

Is this black with lots of blue rotary knobs and pretty much four bands of eq without many switchable frequencies? It's modular, right? And faders are unique, you never saw those knobs before? You may have the model I first met up with in 1977! Take a picture and post it.

If it's the "son" or "grandson" model, this is very old. The frame is ok, but the technology is ancient opamp-city. And the mix bus goes all the way across it, so it's susceptible to RFI. I'm sure the Mackie sounds better than the Auditronics when new. If I recall correctly it was full of 741s or the next generation that followed. That console was more or less "new" when I got into commercial recording in 1977!

[brianroth]

The "Grandson" is a model 110, so I'm guessing the 310 is a newer design. There's a (crappy) pic of one at recordingconsoles.net.

Wheatstone now owns the remnants of what was once Auditronics, so perhaps they can be of assistance.

Bri

[caglej]

Thanks for the replies guys...

This particular console is white with Penny+Giles faders, and is modular with blue card slots which look similar to PCI computer slots where each channel strip plugs in. I'm suspecting that it's possibly an 80's model...... I've read mixed reviews about Auditronics consoles, and am curious as to how it sounds. This model seems to be rarer than some of the others like the 501 or 110. There are a few pictures online of the 310 with prices ranging from around $10,000 to $35G......Surely it can't be that bad.

[brianroth]

What opamps are on the channel strips?

Bri

[caglej]

Here's the picture of a similar console with the same channel strips, but slightly different layout.........
Since I'm not at the location of the console, I'll have to pull out a channel tomorrow and inspect the op amps.....I'll post the results tomorrow......Anything else that might be useful to look for internally?

[cymatics]

There's a guy who posts frequently on the Recordingconsoles.net forum named 'ChrisM' who owns a 501 and seems pretty knowledgeable about all things Auditronics. You may want to try that forum.

Good luck with your search.


- jon