Topic: Church transformer based pre

[BJ]

It's not Chris that's holding things up.  It's me.  I'm working on the phantom supply and it's been harder to meet the goals I set for the design than I thought it would be.  Sorry for the delay.  I promise that it will be worth the wait.

SparkE!  forgive my ignorance...but are you and Chris able to work in parallel, or does his work require your work to be completed first?

 

We're working in parallel as much as possible, but you've got to have a good power supply before you can start making the design decisions on the amplifier circuits.  I'm just about there, I think.

thanx!  and im not pushing..j/w for my own knowledge +t's

[Church-Audio]

It's not Chris that's holding things up.  It's me.  I'm working on the phantom supply and it's been harder to meet the goals I set for the design than I thought it would be.  Sorry for the delay.  I promise that it will be worth the wait.

SparkE!  forgive my ignorance...but are you and Chris able to work in parallel, or does his work require your work to be completed first?

 

We're working in parallel as much as possible, but you've got to have a good power supply before you can start making the design decisions on the amplifier circuits.  I'm just about there, I think.

thanx!  and im not pushing..j/w for my own knowledge +t's

The power supply is the "foundation" for a good preamp with out a good power supply nothing we do design wise for the preamp section will matter. That's where a lot of designs fall short they spend alot of time on the preamp and then use an "off the shelf" dc to dc converter. What Spark'E has done is designed a power supply from scratch this power supply will be much better then alot of the battery operated preamps out there.

Chris

[Kindguy]

Nice!

[stirinthesauce]

Thanks for the update, Chris and SparkE    I'm sure this will be a very nice pre and look forward to hearing the results.

[F.O.Bean]

awesome news folks

[BJ]

3 weeks since the last update    the suspense is killing me  .

any new words on the forefront?

thanx guys!

[Church-Audio]

3 weeks since the last update    the suspense is killing me  .

any new words on the forefront?

thanx guys!

I am working on the gain control circuit... there is your update lol... 

Chris

[SparkE!]

Feature creep is upon us.   (We keep coming up with more and more requirements.  I'm not going to be specific on what those requirements are, but I'm confident that the additional requirements will be worth the additional effort and time.)

[Nick's Picks]

man...I can't wait to get one of these for review.
;-)

+T guys

[BJ]

Feature creep is upon us.   (We keep coming up with more and more requirements.  I'm not going to be specific on what those requirements are, but I'm confident that the additional requirements will be worth the additional effort and time.)

man...do i know all about that!  its a bitch!

keep up the work!  we all appreciate it...and as you can tell from 15 pages of response...most are eagerly awaiting!

[OOK]

The suspense is killing me  .

any new words on the forefront?

thanx guys!

YEAH ME TOO
Are we there yet, are we there yet, are we there yet, are we there yet!!!!

[prof_peabody]

Are we still looking at a $500 price point on this?

[Church-Audio]

Are we still looking at a $500 price point on this?

Well as time goes on and the feature set increases, our price point is also changing. Its a very hard balancing act between cost of the product and retail price. But we want to pack as many features into this thing as is possible so that you get the most bang for the buck. We also want to design a preamp that does not need any "mods" in the future to make it sound better. I think in the end everyone that owns one will be happy with there purchase.

[prof_peabody]

Are we still looking at a $500 price point on this?

Well as time goes on and the feature set increases, our price point is also changing. Its a very hard balancing act between cost of the product and retail price. But we want to pack as many features into this thing as is possible so that you get the most bang for the buck. We also want to design a preamp that does not need any "mods" in the future to make it sound better. I think in the end everyone that owns one will be happy with there purchase.

So feature creep = pricepoint creep.  Understandable.  Look forward to hearing what to you come up with.

[F.O.Bean]

Are we still looking at a $500 price point on this?

Well as time goes on and the feature set increases, our price point is also changing. Its a very hard balancing act between cost of the product and retail price. But we want to pack as many features into this thing as is possible so that you get the most bang for the buck. We also want to design a preamp that does not need any "mods" in the future to make it sound better. I think in the end everyone that owns one will be happy with there purchase.

understood. id rather having quality than a lower pricepoint anyday.