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Wed, 27 June 2007 10:13

Deej [4]

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Registered: January 2007

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A friend of mine uses one of these and I had a little time on it a while
back and thought it was at least "OK" and I see used ones fetch "almost new"
prices in the rare event that they become available on EBay so when given
the opportunity to trade a piece of gear that was little used for one of
these, I bit.

http://www.aybg12.dsl.pipex.com/

I played around with it some last night. I must say that I'm impressed. Very
transparent Class "A" pre with a smooth/transparent compressor and expander.
It's got up to 70dB of gain so it's a nice choice for old ribbon mics and
the expander works in such a natural way that, if tweaked properly, you can
basically gate the self-noise right out of a mic circuit without chatter or
unnatural decay characteristic.

Also, the top of this unit could be used as a hot plate for eggs ' hash
browns. Even with the ventilation holes in the top, depending on what was
racked above it, I might want more than 1U rack space above. It could
probably heat a small apartment in the winter.

I give this piece a thumbs up so far.

Deej

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