Irreverent ........ SE and Balanced preamps, presentation

Not "channel balance"... not a balance circuit. Just separate gains for Left and Right.

it is possible only by choosing different steps in attenuator, L vs R channel

for SE, that would ask for separate relay attenuator bank per channel ( as it is now, one relay is serving channel per section)

for Bal, there is already separate relay attenuator bank for each channel ( one relay serving one phase per section);

anyhow, software edit is trivial, arranging push button in procedure also, and Logic board would need separate drivers (darlington arrays) for each relay bank ....... also trivial

but, too many projects just waiting, even fully populated pcbs waiting 2 or 3 years just to be energized

in this moment, gilding that lily is very low on priority list
 
Mighty ZM did open bottomless can of worms when he decided to offer remote control to greedy (lazy old fart) boyz 🤪

P.S. one can always sell either Iron Pre kit in the swap meet easily and sit back in lazy boy while ZM works to ship them new and improved versions 😈
 
btw. my intention was to avoid any concurrence with Store Iron Pre


Iron Pre is made, by efforts of all involved, especially Patrick IAIMH, to present great(est!) bang for the buck ........ to have all what's needed in one go, while still being relatively simple to assemble

hard to tick all those boxes, so bargain

btw. anyone having slightest idea how many Iron Pre's are singing in the wild?
 
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btw. anyone having slightest idea how many Iron Pre's are singing in the wild?
Don't know how many are singing, but ...

~250 of both SE and Bal (500 total) are out in the wild. There were a bunch built before it was ever in the store. That also doesn't include my personal builds / protype builds... probably at least 10 of those. :devilr:

So... maybe 550???
 
It is hard to have started at “top of food chain” (Iron Pumpkin)…well, jumping from KISSed DCB1 (which I still use and love).

I think I will be happy to try Balanced Iron Pre with Frank’s Muses added on…I never had a balanced preamp nor have I heard a Muses volume control.

The autoformer volume control will be hard to follow…but I think it’s worth the experience.
 
So... maybe 550???


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