Topic: Let's talk about Oade mods....

[Nick's Picks]

I'm about to get a new ACM type sounding mod'd FR2le.  Doug says its pretty new, not sure what to call it yet. 
Anxious to hear it...., and how it holds up to my DSD masters of last year. 

[Jammin72]

I'm about to get a new ACM type sounding mod'd FR2le.  Doug says its pretty new, not sure what to call it yet. 
Anxious to hear it...., and how it holds up to my DSD masters of last year. 

I've got the Warm Version of the Super mod.  If it's anything like what I've gotten... you'll be more than happy.  Don't know if it's Super Warm Concert, Warm Concert Super, or what... hehe. 

They'll be updated soon.

[kindms]

anyone running the tmod P2?? 

yes first time on saturday for nmas.

very excited by the results. was running a v3 in front of it prior.

[spyder9]

I'm about to get a new ACM type sounding mod'd FR2le.  Doug says its pretty new, not sure what to call it yet. 
Anxious to hear it...., and how it holds up to my DSD masters of last year. 

Can't wait for you to sell it to me.      

[Nick's Picks]

I'm co-buying this w/Janka...so it might be a bit more permanent for me.
I'll keep my mod 660 as the backup deck (was going to sell it, but I like it too much).

[Krispy D]

I'm co-buying this w/Janka...so it might be a bit more permanent for me.
I'll keep my mod 660 as the backup deck (was going to sell it, but I like it too much).

Which 660 do you have Nick?  ACM?

[Nick's Picks]

Busman mod.  not sure what flavor, I believe its ACM like.
sounds similar.  very smooth.   loves to be run hot.  you run those suckers so that you peak at "over" and you'll pull the heat.  16bit in full glory, and its awesome.
IMO, of course.

[Javier Cinakowski]

Busman mod.  not sure what flavor, I believe its ACM like.
sounds similar.  very smooth.   loves to be run hot.  you run those suckers so that you peak at "over" and you'll pull the heat.  16bit in full glory, and its awesome.
IMO, of course.

Don't try that with an Oade Mod, mine does NOT clip gracefully.  Tonedeaf found the busman mod to sound better if run conservatively too...

 

[Nick's Picks]

I honed that skill on the original Oade ACM 660.
the problem is that the board on that deck has gone through so many revisions ..., they dont all behave the same.
that first gen though, that was the shiz.
and when i say peak over, I dont mean nailing it all the time, but riding the levels at -4 to -2db and having that 0db lit up ...a lot..., one you find the spot you know it.  all the recordings come out w/a certain amount of flavor (distortion ?) that is just silly good.
maybe its just complimenting the noise / distortion in my head to begin with.

[intpseeker]

I honed that skill on the original Oade ACM 660.

and when i say peak over, I dont mean nailing it all the time, but riding the levels at -4 to -2db and having that 0db lit up ...a lot..., one you find the spot you know it.  all the recordings come out w/a certain amount of flavor (distortion ?) that is just silly good.

I don't know where my 660 stands in regard to generation. It's a few years old,but you noted the above a few years ago on the Oade board, and I've followed that philosophy since, and haven't ever been disappointed with what the box produces.

I can't say the same for the human errors, but every time I begin to lust for the bigger, sexier rig, I listen to something the 660 pulled.

[Javier Cinakowski]

Yeah, if it hits the red everyonce in a while, no big deal.  Just don't ride those levels up there! 

I just got my 660 switched out to the warm mod.  we will see how she compares. 


The original 660 ACM was the shit.  I hope the warm mod is up to par.   The song catcher is really nice for quieter stuff, but for loud music I just didn't dig it...

my marantz is the latest board revision....

speaking of Oade mod's,  the UA5+'s are still hard to beat!

[intpseeker]

speaking of Oade mod's,  the UA5+'s are still hard to beat!

When I first joined this board, I asked Doug about putting one of his modded UA5's that was in the Yard in front of the 660. He warned me off combination, saying that the ACM by itself was going to be at the UA5 level, sonically.

I was surprised.

[spcyrfc]

ive got the fostex W mod and have only run it once.  is warmth synonymous with bass?  cause the show from last night seemed real bass heavy compared to the shows ive grabbed with the 660 and the 414's.

also, would a tmod (i used to have the tmod ua5) be less saturated in the low end?

and for those of you with the Super Mod, what does that do?  I thought i read someone had the Super ACM, cant seem to find that one on oade.com

 

[Nick's Picks]

Dougs got a lot of new stuff brewing that he hasn't come up w/official names for yet.

as for the super ACM.
I was talking w/him yesterday, and we decided that SACM was too close to SCAM.


the Wmod shouldn't make it bass heavy.  Just not as "quick".  the T mods are all about transient speed and clarity.
the W mods are all about slowing things down, so to speak, and adding a little "flavor". 
Shouldn't make bass more pronounced to the point of being a crime of commission.

[newplanet7]

Busman mod.  not sure what flavor, I believe its ACM like.
sounds similar.  very smooth.   loves to be run hot.  you run those suckers so that you peak at "over" and you'll pull the heat.  16bit in full glory, and its awesome.
IMO, of course.

I have the busman mod too.
Did you run the pad?
I didn't and it was saturated.
Was only running at -12 too on the meter.