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https://en.uraltone.com/kits/studio-kit ... sarja.html
As for the sound, there are a couple of reviews from those who have built their own. Since few here know Finnish, I translated my laziness with google translator:
Warm and traditional sound
Assembling the cards was easy, but the rest of the wiring took more time. I first tried without pads / phantom so that everything works and only then did I tap to the end. The sound is really very warm and familiar from BBC recordings. The vocal sound is thick and mellow. Almost done without any post-processing. That's the best thing about these: With super clean ethers, you have to search for that sound with pluggers, but it comes directly from such devices.
This is not super clean, but you can get that sound directly with the interface's own pickups. This is used to search for color and also a little bit of compression.
The device is completely silent, meaning there are no disturbing disturbances. That's why it's designed with high quality.
It's not a completely free package, but when even at double the price you can't get the same high-quality ready-made piping from the store, you have to give 5 stars for the price as well.
The only not so nice step was drilling the case. Hammond's case is stylish after all, but I could have left the drilling to someone else However, it didn't take long even though the tool was only a cordless drill.
There were some errors in the instructions, but they were corrected and I automatically received new instructions. Apparently now everything is fixed or at least my device works as it should. Support answered all questions quickly.
Review by Ääneheppu
Posted on 10/26/22
Glorious!
A two-channel version was built with Lundahl transformers.. Shall we say now that this ether sounds so damn good that you'd like to just shut up and keep it to yourself, hoping that no one else comes up with something similar???? The first nice surprise was that no matter what mics you feed to it, it works with even the most old-fashioned mics (old low-ohm mics, etc.) and it seems that they all sound better than what you thought each microphone was capable of.
I had to try about 25 different microphones with this one and with each microphone I had to think a little that ohhoh.. Does this sound this good too? ????
I also compared this to Telefunken's V72, Calrec PQ1161-02, and Bae 1073 among other things.. Where, for example, Telefunken's V72 is on the soft side and relaxed, this one is clean and "present winning" in a good way.
This also has a really sweet, rough top end in a good way, which cuts well through the mix and already sounds a bit compressed and "ready-made album sounds" when recorded raw.
If you were to try to compare it to something, the first thing that comes to mind is probably the Johnny Cash / Hurt vocal sound. The priority is also very versatile for being only a priority. The settings really change the nature of the sound, but everything is still so simple that you can't really screw anything up while playing with the pedals.
You can make the sound source sound good in many different ways, depending on the setting of the lower head cutter and the positions of the attenuator, pad, gain and fine gain. At the same time, Fine gain also works as some kind of EQ, i.e. it changes the character of the upper end from darker to brighter.
I also tried the front stage with guitars/bass and I found a very wild fuzz-like distortion when I ran the guitar through two channels, i.e. from the line output of the first channel to the instrument input of the second channel ???? The instrument input is quite on the hot side, so -20db pad seemed to be quite necessary, especially with hotter pickups and bass.
Of course, there were also bad aspects of the device ???? Namely, I would like to get these 2, 4 or 6 more channels???? That was also the absolute downside that I was inspired to order an old Hofner violin bass too, inspired by the Beatles-esque trend at the front ????????????
As for the construction, the cards were very easy and quick to put together and all the components felt sturdy and high-quality anyway. When tapping rotary switches, you have to be even more precise that you don't carry too many beers to sip while taking a break from tapping???? All in all, a really inspiring and great-sounding device and definitely more like this ????
Review by Shareholder
Posted on 10/26/22