bonjour , agreablement surpris par votre initiative
je vous souhaite enormement de reussite
et voudrait deja savoir quand les modules d' EQ et COMP prendront vie en terre
Auscitaine
Best Regards for your Team .[/color]
Thank you for the kind words (Nous essayons de garder le site en langue anglaise pour le rendre plus universel).
We are currently thinking about a passive EQ, but don't hold your breath, it will take time !
Hello,
Very very interesting !!!
I'll order as soon as I can...
Paul, from Montpellier
Hi, this is noccolo gallio from florence, italy.
Just want to say hallo and all the best luck with your products!
I' an SCA user already so I'll have to fill my rack before placing any order with you..
Anyway it's good to have more DIY retailers around!
After sorting out some problems with the International Wire Transfer process (due entirely to my bank and me), yesterday the long-awaited parcel arrived to my door.
All I can comment about, as for now, of course is only speed of service, packaging and a first impression about components and PCB quality.
Well, the comments are all highly positive: as soon as the payment has been made all the kits were dispatched very quickly. I was a little worried about the availability of some esoteric parts such as Carnhill or Cinemag transformers etc, but I was proven wrong, and happily so!
Everything in the parcel was well packaged and properly protected, and a quick look at the content of the boxes revealed very good quality components and first grade PCBoards, as far as layout (ground planes everywhere) and materials (thick fiberglass, copper layers and components serigraphy). The people at Sound Skulpture even included some papers with last minute notes about component spacing and transistor selection.
To sum it all up, everything in the parcel shouts: "We care for details!", so I'm very confident about the final result. I'll keep informed the forum about the building process, so as they say, "Stay tuned!"
Only, please be a little patient, as I am a performing and teaching musician and my schedule is quite hectic at these times, so I'm not pretty sure when I'll be able to complete the construction...
I really don't want to spoil such good premises by building things in a hurry!
So, as for now thank you folks at SS for your service, and à suivre...
..are very good, once again.
I've just finished building my system (MP73, MP12, DI02, SKMP, PSL1) and everything worked as promised from the start.
The instructions are very well written, and it's pratically impossible to take a wrong turn down the line, unless you really can't tell which is the hot end of a soldering iron...
I really can't comment in depth on the sound quality yet, as I'd like to field test the preamps for some time, but at a first, quick listening I've been impressed by the personality of the pre's: warm and silky the MP73, present and aggressive the MP12, just like their namesakes.
I hope I'll be able to make some direct comparisons with the original units sooner or later.
The pre's are very quiet, too; both of them passed through the hard "ribbon mic test" without effort. Hats off to the original designers who decades ago were able to conceive circuit topologies of such quality.
But chapeau to Jean-Pierre and all the folks at SS, too: they really made an excellent job recreating those classics, it all just looks like a labour of love.
A few final notes about some *absolutely minor* inconveniences I encountered while building the kits:
1 - The snap-in IEC connector (PSL1) didn't actually snap in, because it was meant for 1.5mm thick panels, while the PSL1 back panel was a little thicker. No big deal, I just filed the socket's little plastic wings so that they could flip out and block the connector in place. Usually I wouldn't even raise such an irrelevant case, but being these kits generally so precisely conceived and assembled I couldn't but note this exception to the rule.
2 - This one has more to do with the design of the preamp boards: I find strange that both the polarity and +48V switches are active in their "down" position: I'd expect them to work the other way round.
Ok, the front panel states clearly what happens when you flip the switches, but nevertheless I feel a little bit uneasy having to remember that I switch on phantom power pushing *down* a lever... Some kind of visual signal for the presence of +48V (IE a red LED) would be even better (and safer).
Ok, enough complaints!
In a nutshell, I'm very happy about the system so far. Thank you SS, I'll surely be buying some other kits to fill the two empty slots in my rack in the near future.
SteDal
Hello SteDal,
Thank you for the kind words.
Regarding the IEC socket, I am sorry, this is a mistake from us. You should have received a snap-in socket for 3mm panels. I am sending one to you today, you may want to replace it.
Regarding switch active position being low or high, I have seen gear with both conventions and I think it is very difficult to know which one is right.
Hello SteDal,
Thank you for the kind words.
Regarding the IEC socket, I am sorry, this is a mistake from us. You should have received a snap-in socket for 3mm panels. I am sending one to you today, you may want to replace it.
Regarding switch active position being low or high, I have seen gear with both conventions and I think it is very difficult to know which one is right.
Thank you, JP, but there's no need for you to send me a new connector!
I've already managed to snap the IEC socket perfectly in place, everything is ok, I assure you.
Save your precious time to complete the much awaited MP66 project, instead!
SteDal
Thank you for the kind words (Nous essayons de garder le site en langue anglaise pour le rendre plus universel).
We are currently thinking about a passive EQ, but don't hold your breath, it will take time !
Hi JPK,
Is there any news on the passive EQ yet?
The preamp kits are looking great btw, Im gonna order some MP73's soon!
