Topic: Oade M148 Info

[Evil Taper]

Word, I don't imagine doug would charge astronomical overhead on anything, just curious what it would actually cost to DIY.

[Nick's Picks]

i'm sure it would be less money than a new one.


but still, its not a legendary preamp due to cheap parts, that much is for sure.

[thegreatgumbino]

It could probably be done, but it's Doug ear & talent that make this pre what it is. 

How's the old saying go?  You can duplicate, but never recreate...

[keepongoin]

It could probably be done, but it's Doug ear & talent that make this pre what it is. 

How's the old saying go?  You can duplicate, but never recreate...

that is BS, IMO.  anything that is made by somebody can be (1) remade and (2) made better.

that being said, i have loved the m148> modSBM-1 and m148> V3  recordings i have made.

[thegreatgumbino]

that is BS, IMO.   

Pardon me.   

[keepongoin]

that is BS, IMO.   

Pardon me.   

this is my personal philosophy about products and engineering.  once great builders of things will always be overshadowed by what lies ahead, though they might not be able to get there without the knowledge of brought by those that went before them.  "Standing on the shoulders of giants," so to speak.

[mhibbs]

i'm sure it would be less money than a new one.


but still, its not a legendary preamp due to cheap parts, that much is for sure.

Sure it would be less money to DIY...it always is...but no, the parts aren't cheap.  If you search around on the Oade forum you can find the part numbers for the transformers...I used to know what they were.  There was also a thread somewhere in there where someone added up the cost of the components and it was a higher number than I expected.  I've looked for that thread again at one point, and couldn't find it....hard to search that forum.  At one point I did  look up the transformers on Jensen's site and they are expensive ~$175-200 each.  Doug also hand matches the rest of the components to get very tight tolerances.  Granted, anyone w/ the proper experience could do the same, but it does require effort on the part of the builder and that is also part of what you are paying for. 

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

i'm sure it would be less money than a new one.


but still, its not a legendary preamp due to cheap parts, that much is for sure.

Sure it would be less money to DIY...it always is...but no, the parts aren't cheap.  If you search around on the Oade forum you can find the part numbers for the transformers...I used to know what they were.  There was also a thread somewhere in there where someone added up the cost of the components and it was a higher number than I expected.  I've looked for that thread again at one point, and couldn't find it....hard to search that forum.  At one point I did  look up the transformers on Jensen's site and they are expensive ~$175-200 each.  Doug also hand matches the rest of the components to get very tight tolerances.  Granted, anyone w/ the proper experience could do the same, but it does require effort on the part of the builder and that is also part of what you are paying for. 

You can't throw this thing together in 20 minutes, that's for sure.  Reguardless of how much the parts cost, I'd like to see how much a shop would charge for assembly, I'm guessing that for the $, the m148 was a bargain.

[mhibbs]

You can't throw this thing together in 20 minutes, that's for sure.  Reguardless of how much the parts cost, I'd like to see how much a shop would charge for assembly, I'm guessing that for the $, the m148 was a bargain.

That was exactly the conclusion that the person who added up the cost of the parts came to.  Not to mention I've never really known Doug to be out to screw the taping community out of $$$$ either.  Hell, he GAVE me the controller board he needed to fix my D8 b/c he said he had some used ones laying around and only charged me for the labor.  Not that anyone here is saying it's over-priced, but still, thought it was worth saying.