Topic: SBM-1 Who does mods???

[pfife]

I've been wondering the same thing whilst reading your guitar thread in the other forum

[Chris K]

if the sbm-1 needs repair you can still go to paul and tom at prodigital. i recently had a problem with my sbm-1 as i reported in this thread:

http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=32815.0

I took it to paul on last thursday and it was ready on monday for me to pick up. i will be picking it up tonight.

turns out there was a fractured lead on the rca connection to the pcb board and they replaced it and verified everything was ok. i never told paul it was modded or not, but i imagine he knows it is. (FWIW, doug o did not mod the sbm-1 that i have...someone esle did who replied much earlier on this thread)

i will discuss it with paul more this evening when i pick up the sbm-1. i'll let him know that doug o is no longer doing the mods. i am sure paul and tom are capable enough to perform similar op amp replacements. but not sure if paul has an ear for what is now the warm, prescence, or transparant op amps that doug uses.

if i have time today i will search the oade (old and new) boards and ts.com for the op amps that he prefers for the sbm-1, and pass that info on to paul.

[Brian Skalinder]

what happens if my modsbm needs repair?

I'm guessing Doug will honor any repair work, but...who knows?  Give the Oades a call and find out for sure.

[shaggy]

Doug takes total pride in his work.  I doubt he'd turn you down if indeed the unit was bought from the Oades shop.  There are other options to get work done on a SBM....doesn't pro digital work on them?  You know, the typical stuff like when you fry the DC-DC converter

The person that you need to convince to maybe take the reigns is leegeddy.  He is a tinkerer and a great guy.

[macdaddy]

so does anybody still do that nice looking coax mod, where there is just the female coax jack coming out to the side of the unit..? i have a unit with the oade line stage rebuild, and would love to get this coax mod done. i thought todd r did them, but i guess not anymore...

i would really like to get the mod done sooner than later - any advice or input is appreciated...

[Rick]

so does anybody still do that nice looking coax mod, where there is just the female coax jack coming out to the side of the unit..? i have a unit with the oade line stage rebuild, and would love to get this coax mod done. i thought todd r did them, but i guess not anymore...

i would really like to get the mod done sooner than later - any advice or input is appreciated...

Try Marc (leegeddy), or just buy a 7-pin cable. I got a cable rather then getting the coax mod cause I thought it would be easier to sell if I ever thought about selling it... which I might be soon if/when the PMD-671 comes out.

 

[pfife]

I think Fozzy was offering to trade one w/ a coax mod for one w/o a coax mod.  Not sure though...

Hell, I might trade up too, cause I don't use the coax - but mine is a male coax cable coming out of the SBM-1.

[macdaddy]

thanks.

i really want the female coax out, because if i am going into a PDAudio CF, i need that miniplug maile out. so i would just ass soon get a rca male > miniplug male cable as the solution...

i have the 7pin cables, but it is too much extra stuff - i amtrying to cut down on the wires...

[Simp-Dawg]

on the topic of sbm-1's....i had a coax-modded 7-pin pigtail that kept getting busted....the coax jack would just come off over time with use.  eventually there was nothing but a nub left.  the last jack finally broke off at mule last weekend.

i had an rmr-d3 sitting around, so i opened it, took out the 7-pin (it has a little connector at the other end which plugs into the circuit board of the device) and swapped these two.  BUT...now if i plug that into my m-1, the power cycles on and off, which leads me to beieve there's something different about this 7-pin pigtail, but i don't know what.  any ideas?

[fozzy]

on the topic of sbm-1's....i had a coax-modded 7-pin pigtail that kept getting busted....the coax jack would just come off over time with use.  eventually there was nothing but a nub left.  the last jack finally broke off at mule last weekend.

i had an rmr-d3 sitting around, so i opened it, took out the 7-pin (it has a little connector at the other end which plugs into the circuit board of the device) and swapped these two.  BUT...now if i plug that into my m-1, the power cycles on and off, which leads me to beieve there's something different about this 7-pin pigtail, but i don't know what.  any ideas?

the cable from the rmr-d3 lacks the blue wire.  dunno what it does but it's not in there.

[Josephine]

Speaking about mod'd sbm-1s . . . . I'd like to get one to run between my nbox and D100.  What kind should I be looking for?  I understand there are different modifications.

[Brian Skalinder]

Speaking about mod'd sbm-1s . . . . I'd like to get one to run between my nbox and D100. What kind should I be looking for? I understand there are different modifications.

A fine choice, the modSBM-1 will smooth out the NBox.  You want one with the stock 7-pin dongle attached so you can plug straight into your D100.

With the modified coax dongle - which seem popular for some reason - you'll have to screw around with a coax > 7-pin cable into your D100, i.e. just more gear/cables to go screwy while taping.  If you can't find a modSBM-1 with a stock 7-pin dongle, there's prolly someone around who can replace the coax dongle with the stock 7-pin dongle, but I'd find out before buying one with the coax dongle.

For the line stage mod proper, just about all of the ones I've seen are warm-mod SBM-1 from the Oade Bros.  There are a rare few transparent mod SBM-1s from Oade, as far as I can tell.  Either will sound good with your setup, I think.

[fozzy]

Speaking about mod'd sbm-1s . . . . I'd like to get one to run between my nbox and D100. What kind should I be looking for? I understand there are different modifications.

A fine choice, the modSBM-1 will smooth out the NBox.  You want one with the stock 7-pin dongle attached so you can plug straight into your D100.

With the modified coax dongle - which seem popular for some reason - you'll have to screw around with a coax > 7-pin cable into your D100, i.e. just more gear/cables to go screwy while taping.  If you can't find a modSBM-1 with a stock 7-pin dongle, there's prolly someone around who can replace the coax dongle with the stock 7-pin dongle, but I'd find out before buying one with the coax dongle.

For the line stage mod proper, just about all of the ones I've seen are warm-mod SBM-1 from the Oade Bros.  There are a rare few transparent mod SBM-1s from Oade, as far as I can tell.  Either will sound good with your setup, I think.

One problem i have seen w/ un-coax modding is that Doug removes the actual internal socket where the 7pin cable normally plugs in.  Would require soldering actual 8 pins onto sbm1 circuit board.  It would be a trivial un-mod if the socket was still there. 

edit: clarity