CoolCat
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Another gear blog post. A piece Ive had a few times APHEX 107, sold, and re-bought, sold, tried others....you know the game?
the standard portastudio mixing consoles and many lifeless IC chip budget mixers that then drove the world of HR to want "better sounding stuff" than the ic cheap mixing boards with great specs... enter the Mic Preamp rack stuff.
As I float back into gearlust, a boredom buy, of a APHEX 107 $65, for dual channels.
It has a "sparkle" and a clarity of clean, simple, and its interesting reading and rabbit hole archives on the internet triggered my BUY finger.
APHEX 107, born to improve over the souless IC Chip mixing boards of the time.
Adverts of the 1990's were "to warm up the lifeless, digital tracks" (ADATS, MINIDISCS, etc...) Anyone else remember those days?
The APHEX 107 is a dual preamp.
Its designer Donn Werbach.
Patent US5450034A - Reflected plate amplifier
- Google Patents
US5450034A- Reflected Plate Amplifier
Hybrid, solid state and tube, lower voltages work ok for the smaller 12ATY/AX type tubes, not over 30V is needed is normal and that's whats used. Tubessence and the Reflected Plate Amplifier, Donn Werrbach
A read from the Donn Aphex Philosophy
APHEX is born.... with Linda Rondstat , and other and WINGS OVER AMERICA...
Inside Views: Aphex (SOS Jan 87)
(Behringer gets sued for copying inventions....Behringer is born and found guilty of stealing designs 1992? They could have paid for the technology like Yamaha and many other companys did with Patents.)
Heres a dude, Kenny Begun, who made the APHEX 107 sound good.
JaxTrax Mobile Recording
Scroll down to Equinox String Quartet: Saint-Saens String Quartet in G op153 allegro animato to hear a APHEX 107 used in a'
beautiful room with great sound and musicians. (the 107 "even made the ADATS sound good!)
"The Concert Master of the New York Philharmonic on PBS radio, while listening to the recording said it was the best string quartet recording he had heard to date. "
1995 TEC AWRD WINNER- APHEX 107
The APHEX 107 will show up soon. I might pop it on CHannels LINE IN, 7/8 , for $65 for a DUAL channel, with "sparkle" why not.
Common price is now $150 and some who really love it want to sell it for $440...as of this date.
Of all the preamps Ive tried they all work, in a blindshoot out under careful skills, I don't really believe in gear anymore per price...Kenny Begun, thanks!
the standard portastudio mixing consoles and many lifeless IC chip budget mixers that then drove the world of HR to want "better sounding stuff" than the ic cheap mixing boards with great specs... enter the Mic Preamp rack stuff.
As I float back into gearlust, a boredom buy, of a APHEX 107 $65, for dual channels.
It has a "sparkle" and a clarity of clean, simple, and its interesting reading and rabbit hole archives on the internet triggered my BUY finger.
APHEX 107, born to improve over the souless IC Chip mixing boards of the time.
Adverts of the 1990's were "to warm up the lifeless, digital tracks" (ADATS, MINIDISCS, etc...) Anyone else remember those days?
The APHEX 107 is a dual preamp.
Its designer Donn Werbach.
Patent US5450034A - Reflected plate amplifier
- Google Patents
US5450034A- Reflected Plate Amplifier
Hybrid, solid state and tube, lower voltages work ok for the smaller 12ATY/AX type tubes, not over 30V is needed is normal and that's whats used. Tubessence and the Reflected Plate Amplifier, Donn Werrbach
A read from the Donn Aphex Philosophy
APHEX is born.... with Linda Rondstat , and other and WINGS OVER AMERICA...
Inside Views: Aphex (SOS Jan 87)
(Behringer gets sued for copying inventions....Behringer is born and found guilty of stealing designs 1992? They could have paid for the technology like Yamaha and many other companys did with Patents.)
Heres a dude, Kenny Begun, who made the APHEX 107 sound good.
JaxTrax Mobile Recording
Scroll down to Equinox String Quartet: Saint-Saens String Quartet in G op153 allegro animato to hear a APHEX 107 used in a'
beautiful room with great sound and musicians. (the 107 "even made the ADATS sound good!)
"The Concert Master of the New York Philharmonic on PBS radio, while listening to the recording said it was the best string quartet recording he had heard to date. "
1995 TEC AWRD WINNER- APHEX 107
The APHEX 107 will show up soon. I might pop it on CHannels LINE IN, 7/8 , for $65 for a DUAL channel, with "sparkle" why not.
Common price is now $150 and some who really love it want to sell it for $440...as of this date.
Of all the preamps Ive tried they all work, in a blindshoot out under careful skills, I don't really believe in gear anymore per price...Kenny Begun, thanks!
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