And here she is!
The power supply is in its own box, supplying regulated 24 volts. Dymo labels all the way, suits this kind of gear perfectly! :wink: The panel and box is actually recycled from my old, Pultec-ish EQ I decided to disassemble (visible in this pic at the bottom of the rack:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/virtalahde/rakki2.jpg)
I filled all the 17 10mm holes of the panel and painted it with a better color.
And the innards. I'm using Fabio's BA283 outpt driver boards with Lynx AT600/600G output iron.
Very nice sound! The bottom is really solid and there's a nice sheen on the midrange that "draws borders" around instruments and makes them a bit more forward. Not an EQ for a really deep acoustical recording but for digging the high end from a rock mix.. :thumb:
The inductors are Wilco inductors (both toroidal & axial) and the L/C combinations are calculated in a manner where the low-mid band has tighter Q values and the upper band has broader values. Both bands also go broader with the frequency.
No need for any "Q" switching here because of the well-calculated L/C combinations I made. :green: The result is exactly what I wanted: A simple, good-sounding EQ that suits the task "needs more high end" etc. perfectly without too much thinking. Very flexible. You can get the Pultec bass boost, too. Just boost at 140Hz and dip at 135. :thumb:
The inductors and capacitors are soldered directly to the switches and secured against nuclear attacks with hot glue. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: Completely un-repairable, but it'll be an easy job to replace these filters when the time comes in ~30 years.
How does it compare to my Sontec?
Well, if my Sontec is Mr. Poindexter then the NYD-EQ is Brigitte Bardot. :razz: Both have their uses, the Sontec is for little tweaks and general transparency (I'd call it laid back straight wire with EQ) and this one is definately more colored, though the Lynx iron is probably not as colored compared to St.Ives/Marinair iron. And that's good.
Once again a thank you for NewYorkDave! :guinness:
Oh, I still need a top lid for this thing. I probably have butchered it because I can't find the damn thing. :?