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Gear / Technical Help => Battery Boxes, Preamps, Mixers, ADCs, and Processors => Topic started by: dustinscottt on November 18, 2009, 03:15:11 PM

Title: Mods Question
Post by: dustinscottt on November 18, 2009, 03:15:11 PM
What do they mean when a post says Mods? What are mods?
Title: Re: Mods Question
Post by: rowjimmytour on November 18, 2009, 03:25:02 PM
What do they mean when a post says Mods? What are mods?
http://www.oade.com/digital_recorders/hard_disc_recorders/upgrades.html
http://www.busmanaudio.com/mods.html
Title: Re: Mods Question
Post by: dustinscottt on November 18, 2009, 03:52:53 PM
Cool man Thanks, I see now. I gotta get me some Bussman's!
Title: Re: Mods Question
Post by: stevetoney on November 18, 2009, 05:25:29 PM
The simple answer is that the stock products put out by company's like Tascam, Marantz, etc. often aren't optimized for the type of recording you might do.  Alot of us record music, so we'd like the electronics in our recorders to sound 'musical' (warm mods, concert mods, presence mods, transparent mods, etc.).  Others might record nature sounds, so they might like their preamp to be the quietest thing possible and have the absolute minimum noise floor.  So, these 'mods' or modifications customize the products for the specific recording environment that you expect to use the product in.

Doug Oade of Oade Brothers and Chris Johnson of Busman Audio are two of the better known people here at taperssection.com that do custom 'mod' work. 
Title: Re: Mods Question
Post by: guysonic on November 20, 2009, 05:07:09 AM
An ineresting topic with many sides. 

Although on TS awhile ago, you might find this thread at least entertaining if not informative: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=109703.0;all