[polymod]

Great read in the June "Recording" magazine (page 72).
Kudos to Paul J. Stamler.



Poly

[PStamler]

On May 30, 10:08*am, "polymod" wrote:
Great read in the June "Recording" magazine (page 72).
Kudos to Paul J. Stamler.

Thanks for the good words.

Peace,
Paul

[drichard]

Hi Paul,

I don't have a subscription to Recording. Would it be possible for you
to tell me the focus of the article? The title "The $5 preamp Urban
Legend" doesn't help me much, other than to tell me it has something
to do with preamps.

Thanks,

Dean

On May 30, 12:07*pm, PStamler wrote:
On May 30, 10:08*am, "polymod" wrote:

Great read in the June "Recording" magazine (page 72).
Kudos to Paul J. Stamler.

Thanks for the good words.

Peace,
Paul

[Mike Rivers]

drichard wrote:

I don't have a subscription to Recording. Would it be possible for you
to tell me the focus of the article? The title "The $5 preamp Urban
Legend" doesn't help me much, other than to tell me it has something
to do with preamps.

In the article, Paul describes the other costs involved in
making a $5 IC into a serviceable box that has a mic input
on one side and a line output on the other - connectors,
box, power supply, pots, switches, transformers, and other
miscellaneous components. It all comes out to be a bit over
$500 as he analyzed it, and he did his usual excellent job
of putting on the hat of a designer and manufacturer and
looking at all the little things that people who say "it's a
simple construction project" don't talk about.



--
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operated without a passing knowledge of computing, although
it seems that it can be operated without a passing knowledge
of audio." - John Watkinson

[Ty Ford]

On Sun, 30 May 2010 23:29:02 -0400, Mike Rivers wrote
(in article ):

drichard wrote:

I don't have a subscription to Recording. Would it be possible for you
to tell me the focus of the article? The title "The $5 preamp Urban
Legend" doesn't help me much, other than to tell me it has something
to do with preamps.

In the article, Paul describes the other costs involved in
making a $5 IC into a serviceable box that has a mic input
on one side and a line output on the other - connectors,
box, power supply, pots, switches, transformers, and other
miscellaneous components. It all comes out to be a bit over
$500 as he analyzed it, and he did his usual excellent job
of putting on the hat of a designer and manufacturer and
looking at all the little things that people who say "it's a
simple construction project" don't talk about.

Ah, so it isn't really a $5 preamp?

The laurels of the RMP are preserved?

Regards,

Ty Ford





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[vdubreeze]

On May 31, 8:19*am, Ty Ford wrote:

Ah, so it isn't really a $5 preamp?


Well, that's why it's called an "Urban Legend" : )

[Arny Krueger]

"Mike Rivers" wrote in message

drichard wrote:

I don't have a subscription to Recording. Would it be
possible for you to tell me the focus of the article?
The title "The $5 preamp Urban Legend" doesn't help me
much, other than to tell me it has something to do with
preamps.

In the article, Paul describes the other costs involved in
making a $5 IC into a serviceable box that has a mic input
on one side and a line output on the other - connectors,
box, power supply, pots, switches, transformers, and other
miscellaneous components. It all comes out to be a bit
over $500 as he analyzed it, and he did his usual
excellent job of putting on the hat of a designer and
manufacturer and looking at all the little things that
people who say "it's a simple construction project" don't
talk about.

It's pretty incredible that some people do manage to build a servicable
preamp with all those things; connectors, box, power supply, switches and
other miscellaneous components for more like $50 than $500. I'm specifically
thinking of the Rolls MP13.

Just about *everybody* can build a fairly servicable mixer with from 8 to 16
mic inputs for $500.

[PStamler]

On May 31, 8:52*pm, "Arny Krueger" wrote:
"Mike Rivers" wrote in message





drichard wrote:

I don't have a subscription to Recording. Would it be
possible for you to tell me the focus of the article?
The title "The $5 preamp Urban Legend" doesn't help me
much, other than to tell me it has something to do with
preamps.

In the article, Paul describes the other costs involved in
making a $5 IC into a serviceable box that has a mic input
on one side and a line output on the other - connectors,
box, power supply, pots, switches, transformers, and other
miscellaneous components. It all comes out to be a bit
over $500 as he analyzed it, and he did his usual
excellent job of putting on the hat of a designer and
manufacturer and looking at all the little things that
people who say "it's a simple construction project" don't
talk about.

It's pretty incredible that some people do manage to build a servicable
preamp with all those things; connectors, box, power supply, switches and
other miscellaneous components for more like $50 than $500. I'm specifically
thinking *of the Rolls MP13.

Just about *everybody* can build a fairly servicable mixer with from 8 to 16
mic inputs for $500.

Well, a *usable* mixer. *Servicable* is the thing it's not -- and it's
not likely to last more than a couple of years.

Peace,
Paul

[Mike Rivers]

Arny Krueger wrote:

It's pretty incredible that some people do manage to build a servicable
preamp with all those things; connectors, box, power supply, switches and
other miscellaneous components for more like $50 than $500. I'm specifically
thinking of the Rolls MP13.

Sure - no transformers (or worse, crummy transformers), wall
wart power, and most important, mass production. You can buy
a preamp-sized case with no holes in it for $10-15 and hack
it out, but if you make a drawing and send it to a sheet
metal shop for punching (for neat, round holes exactly where
you want them) it'll cost $50 just for that. The
manufacturer who turns out $50 preamps by the thousands gets
the same case made in China for about a dollar.


--
"Today's production equipment is IT based and cannot be
operated without a passing knowledge of computing, although
it seems that it can be operated without a passing knowledge
of audio." - John Watkinson