Is considering the construction of a Drip Fairchild crazy?
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:40 am
Over the last year I have been working in the studio which took me four years to build. I am very happy with it and always planned on spending the first year refining my workflow, learning the room (knowing that they are both life time pursuits).
In the four years of building I spent a lot of time looking at gear, what should I buy, what should I sell, large format desk, individual racks etc etc etc.
Now that I am settled in and have completed a number of projects that I’m really happy with, I find I am thinking that I don’t want to spend my time thinking about gear, reading about it online etc etc etc. I just want to make music, so I am winding down my relentless pursuit for gear etc and just making myself happy with what I have. Saying that, I do like audio gear and so will always look at it and when a hi end piece of gear comes along at a good price, I will definitely consider it if I can. But I am not going to be actively chasing.
So, as I think about my hybrid set up, which Includes a Rob Squire Mix Master Summing box, and a selection of nice outboard gear, I have been thinking about my first (and only) DIY build, the JLM BA4 preamps that I made (with tonnes of help) recently.
I am thinking that to “finalise” my set up I would like to make one beautiful piece of gear. I have been reading about the Drip Electronics Fairchild DIY. And I am thinking, do I attempt this, do I invest in this as a labour of love, a prized possession. It seems to be $5k or so in parts, and there is about $3k of gear I have that I am about to sell, so it could be about reinvesting that rather than putting any new cash into it.
Of course, I don’t have reserves of cash, and every financial decision is important, so I am considering this very carefully. It’s such a big investment, big challenge, and I definitely aren't convinced at this stage that I should do it, I just thought I would splutter my thoughts on here to happily receive any words of wisdom people might have
Vic
In the four years of building I spent a lot of time looking at gear, what should I buy, what should I sell, large format desk, individual racks etc etc etc.
Now that I am settled in and have completed a number of projects that I’m really happy with, I find I am thinking that I don’t want to spend my time thinking about gear, reading about it online etc etc etc. I just want to make music, so I am winding down my relentless pursuit for gear etc and just making myself happy with what I have. Saying that, I do like audio gear and so will always look at it and when a hi end piece of gear comes along at a good price, I will definitely consider it if I can. But I am not going to be actively chasing.
So, as I think about my hybrid set up, which Includes a Rob Squire Mix Master Summing box, and a selection of nice outboard gear, I have been thinking about my first (and only) DIY build, the JLM BA4 preamps that I made (with tonnes of help) recently.
I am thinking that to “finalise” my set up I would like to make one beautiful piece of gear. I have been reading about the Drip Electronics Fairchild DIY. And I am thinking, do I attempt this, do I invest in this as a labour of love, a prized possession. It seems to be $5k or so in parts, and there is about $3k of gear I have that I am about to sell, so it could be about reinvesting that rather than putting any new cash into it.
Of course, I don’t have reserves of cash, and every financial decision is important, so I am considering this very carefully. It’s such a big investment, big challenge, and I definitely aren't convinced at this stage that I should do it, I just thought I would splutter my thoughts on here to happily receive any words of wisdom people might have
Vic