Right. I thought DIY would help me, save me from spending all of my cash (or credit rather) on brand name high end audio equipment, well, I was dead wrong. Unfortunately the opposite has happened. I'm finding that because I am saving dough by building myself I don't want to cheap out on components - I want the best, usually most expensive innards. And I'm also finding that I can't help myself when it comes to building something new, so I now have multiple incomplete projects that are waiting to be finished. It's a total addiction.
So the next logical step, besides finishing the API project (Bourns pots and front panel), is to gather the funds and order the BOM for the Neve 33609 build that Igor and Purusha put together. A very complicated project for someone with my skillz and it's also really expensive - transformers alone will cost around $500 bucks. So instead, with the help of the very good folks at FaderMaster (www.fadermaster.com) I will be building a variation of a Pultec EQ P1A (http://www.recproaudio.com/diy_pro_audio/pultec_eqp1a.htm) with a solid state output amp based on this schematic...
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/velvettone/EQP-1A3Schematic.jpg).
A little crazy, but totally necessary. Right?
...because. Many times I have come to a brick wall using the eq on my 737. It's good and all, but kind of lacking character. A stereo version of Pultec would fill a great big hole in my current setup. Right!
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