Gear Build

New in the Rack: Hairball Audio Lola

This week I’m building the last two of our four-unit set of Lola mic preamps from Hairball Audio.  I suppose I should be feeling a

New In The Rack: SoundSkulptor MP573

Back to building preamps!  Joining the ranks in the rack this week are a pair of MP573s from French audio designers SoundSkulptor.

New In the Rack: SoundSkulptor MP566

After a couple weeks building compressors, this week it’s back to building pre-amps.  On the workbench are a pair of MP566 tube preamps from French DIY

New In The Rack: JLM LA500A

Our summer-long build-out of the studio’s 500-series racks continues.  This week I’m working on adding four new LA500A units from Australia’s JLM Audio.

New In The Rack: Hairball Audio Elements Bronze

I am a creature of momentum.  I tend to work on the same project in spurts.  So it’s perhaps not surprising that the ol’ soldering

New In The Rack: Hairball Audio-MNATS FET/500

“47.” “414.” “1073.”  In pro audio circles, there are a lot of pieces of gear that have become so famous, so well known, or so

Nice Rack You Got There

When we designed our studio, we knew we weren’t going to have tons of space for outboard gear. So we’ve become big fans of 500

Bitten by the DIY Bug: The Frankenmic

I had my first experience with soldering and do-it-yourself electronics when I was 9 years old. It did not end well.

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