Topic: New TS-2 Preamp ... under development (part II)

[fivefishdiy]

Simplified the panel, made it look less cluttered.



I hope it still looks intuitive.

[ArchivalAudio]

Simplified the panel, made it look less cluttered.



I hope it still looks intuitive.

Very Nice

looks very intuitive!

great work

-- Ian

[ScotK]

Personally, I like the spelled-out version better than all the symbols.  Why go hieroglyphic if you have the space to just spell it out?

But rock on, either way!

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[PH]

Looks awesome!

I have a question.....or maybe a wish for the future.
Does the trim work as an output leveler (post tranny) or is it a fine tune for the (pre-tranny) gain stage?

Since it has transformers, that's always a nice feature to be able to push the pre hot to the transformer, then reduce the output volume a bit to compesate.
The Great River has this feature and I find that to be about the best preamp I have used. 

Either way, I'm stoked to get my hands on one of these. Soon.

[modmike]

If I see a sine wave icon -- I expect a tone generator -- not phase reverse switch. 

[muj]

yup, but maybe he is referring to changing input impedances from very low to high?

[bluegrass_brad]

On many mixing boards the phase reverse is signified by this
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[TNJazz]

On many mixing boards the phase reverse is signified by this
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My Trident preamps use this symbol to signify reverse as well.  I was about to post it myself.

[stevetoney]

yup, but maybe he is referring to changing input impedances from very low to high?

I don't think so, but that probably wouldn't be a useful feature on a preamp that most people will use with condenser mics.  A transformerless condenser mic has a mainly resistive source impedance, so if you lower the input impedance of the preamp, you will merely reduce the mic's output level rather than get an interesting tonal change--and probably also degrade its distortion performance (lower SPL handling).

Good gawd.  I know I'm just kibitzing, but didn't understand a word you said.  Is that English?

[fivefishdiy]

Thanks for the feedback. Polarity Reverse symbol updated.... also used an icon for the VU meter.

[rowjimmy]

I like the vu icon...
classic

[rastasean]

Looks pretty nice! I like icons and no text.

Would it be possible to move the gain and volume knobs up just slightly?  For some reason the left side seems to be be closer to the bottom and further away from the center hole than on the right. maybe its because there are two holes on the right, though

[flintstone]

Don't forget to add the Five Fish Studios name and logo on there somewhere!
Will we be able to place orders with delivery in time for Christmas?   

[illconditioned]

Thanks for the feedback. Polarity Reverse symbol updated.... also used an icon for the VU meter.

Personal preference, but I might replace the second and fourth dial logo with the text "TRIM".

Anyway, whatever you choose, it looks great...

  Richard

[ArchivalAudio]

Thanks for the feedback. Polarity Reverse symbol updated.... also used an icon for the VU meter.

very nice
the VU is cool as well as 48v
and the phase reverse is good to
but
where is normal and where would reverse be...
I assume like the other switch?
left normal right reversed?

overall looks great!
!



-- Ian