I feel violated. I want nothing to do with them, never owned one in my life LOL
They are marvellous guitarsLu Zwei wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 4:09 amI feel violated. I want nothing to do with them, never owned one in my life LOL
Nice tip. Looks like the 2626 has the 1510's as well.Bubber wrote: Mon May 19, 2025 9:50 am For maybe the past five years or so, I've been lurking on GroupDIY wondering the easiest and cheapest way to get together a functioning barebones set of THAT 1510/1512 preamps for myself —a person with zero discernable skills in design or basic soldering competency— just to be able to check 'em out for myself without paying boutique prices for a very simple circuit with nice chips inside. And when I say barebones, I'm like, hmmmn, maybe I could do a bunch of 9v batteries and fixed gain to skip dealing with pots, and attenuate it elsewhere... stuff like that. So it has stayed in the "probably never going to do this" category.
Well, thanks to one of the lifers on that forum casually mentioning to someone else that a nearly-20-year-old budget interface has 'em inside, all put together already with actual gain pots along with a nice DAC and multiple unbalanced + S/PDIF outs, I picked up a couple pairs of old M-Audio 610s to use as standalone outboard preamps for about $25 a pop, plus power supplies for another $5.
As the price per chip, alone, is currently up to like $9.80 before tax and shipping, I'm feeling very good about getting four fully-assembled channels at an insanely low $15 each. They sound good to me. Clean. Some of you probably have these sitting around unused, maybe?
It's too bad purveyors of budget interfaces treat this info as proprietary instead of saying what's under the hood instead—maybe they'd get a little more respect.
It really is a nice tip, and I am so goddamn curious what else does. Wondering about opening up my old Mbox3 which I've also been using as standalone, to peek inside. The proprietariest!
Oh man, it's a shitshow at the moment. Had to clear out the house in a hurry so it's just a pile of stuff on the floor. It'll be a while before I get it organized, but yeah, you're welcome any time. Just try to give me some warning so I can put some pants on.Bubber wrote: Mon May 19, 2025 11:22 am Btw one of these times when I'm passing by on the 10 or 210 I've gotta come see your mad scientist trailer and pay my respects in person.
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