Hopefully they'll use something like Burr Brown INA137s or THAT 1512 chips for the preamps.
Stratt
Good guess - the XITE preamps actually have SSM 2019 input amplifiers.
Nice, I think SPL use SSM2019s in their stuff. It means for those who aren't technical that the Xite-1 preamps should have a sound that rivals some very nice mid-range Mic pres. Think SPL, Grace 101, Joemeek etc.
Strattosphere wrote:Nice, I think SPL use SSM2019s in their stuff. It means for those who aren't technical that the Xite-1 preamps should have a sound that rivals some very nice mid-range Mic pres. Think SPL, Grace 101, Joemeek etc.
That's good, because the mic inputs on the Onyx box are all in the back -- so Scope's inputs on the front will make it very handy in a pinch.
Man - this slow drip dripping of information is worse than Chinese water torture - I am been eaten alive by my curiousity
When will it be the day of a new dawn?
Not complaining BTW - just relieving some of my pain - Quality takes time (just keen to see the full spec in its entirety i.e. bug fixes, new features, MIDI protocol etc)
Give us the body of Ralph
There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. These are things we don't know we don't know.
Hopefully they'll use something like Burr Brown INA217s or THAT 1512 chips for the preamps.
Stratt
Good guess - the XITE preamps actually have SSM 2019 input amplifiers.
Nice, I think SPL use SSM2019s in their stuff. It means for those who aren't technical that the Xite-1 preamps should have a sound that rivals some very nice mid-range Mic pres. Think SPL, Grace 101, Joemeek etc.
Thank you for explaining that, i'm not technical on stuff like that. I do have a Grace design 101 wich i may be forced to sell in order to buy XITE-1. Atleast now i'll have good micpre's in return and it's good that XITE-1 helps to pay for itself with all of what it offers, cause you can sell other things. The Grace Design is a very clean sound wich i love.
enumeratus wrote:
Good guess - the XITE preamps actually have SSM 2019 input amplifiers.
Nice, I think SPL use SSM2019s in their stuff. It means for those who aren't technical that the Xite-1 preamps should have a sound that rivals some very nice mid-range Mic pres. Think SPL, Grace 101, Joemeek etc.
Thank you for explaining that, i'm not technical on stuff like that. I do have a Grace design 101 wich i may be forced to sell in order to buy XITE-1. Atleast now i'll have good micpre's in return and it's good that XITE-1 helps to pay for itself with all of what it offers. The Grace Design is a very clean sound wich i love.
I would definitely wait and do some comparisons between the Xite-1 and any preamp before deciding to get rid of anything. Different designs using the same chips do have certain differences. A Grace, Joemeek or SPL pre will sound slightly different to each other even though they may use similar chips; SSM2019/2017, INA217 or whatever. Even with the same preamp schematic, quality of components, board layout and power circuitry all make a difference.
Broadly, knowing that the circuit includes an SSM2019, the potential is there for a very high quality,low noise, non-coloured pre.
Shayne White wrote:SC finally updated their Web site!!!! It nows says July 2008 (spelled Juli -- er?). Also they finally mentioned that Z-Link is included.
damn, you really spotted that minor changes?!? congrats! you kinda need a magnifying glass to see that...
as a result of the updates, btw, the pictures don't match the desciption anymore...
I assume they don't want to upload another pre-release picture, so they probably upload a real pic of a final unit as soon as they have one.
-greetings, markus-
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