SSL stereo line amps.

[heathen]

Hey everyone,

As Rick was saying that having some decent line amps can be very useful sometimes, I found these on ebay and was wondering if they would be useful for anyone to buy and rack sometime, the guy (based in the UK) has 48 of them. I was thinking maybe about getting a pair, just for the HP & LP filters. So if I get a pair that leaves 46.

At 50 pounds sterling, I though they could be a bargain. What do you guys say, Rick? Rob? Anyone?

Cheers
Heath

[rob]

sure, they are pretty cheap and at the very least give you some balancing amps. And the usefulness of HP and LP filters shouldn't be under-estimated. As always, i'd make sure up front you can get the schematics. Pinouts might be sufficient to rack them, but not enough info to fix them if / when required.
I've just today finished racking a pair of SSL 9000 channel strips and besides being the most mind-bendingly difficult racking job ( not putting them in a case but actually making them work and pass signal ), their performance is quite amazing. Huge headroom, noise as low as it goes without putting the modules in a vat of liquid nitrogen and distortion below my measuring limits.

Rob

[heathen]

Heres the link on ebay, I forgot to add it, too early on a sunday I guess.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... :IT&ih=003

[heathen]

[quote="rob"]sure, they are pretty cheap and at the very least give you some balancing amps. And the usefulness of HP and LP filters shouldn't be under-estimated. As always, i'd make sure up front you can get the schematics. Pinouts might be sufficient to rack them, but not enough info to fix them if / when required.
I've just today finished racking a pair of SSL 9000 channel strips and besides being the most mind-bendingly difficult racking job ( not putting them in a case but actually making them work and pass signal ), their performance is quite amazing. Huge headroom, noise as low as it goes without putting the modules in a vat of liquid nitrogen and distortion below my measuring limits.

Rob[/quote]

Hey Rob, yeah I thought they looked quite useful, I love a great HPF. Regarding schematics I forgot to ask that, but hey I just wanted to let the dIY'ers know they are on ebay. If anyone finds out if they are easy to rack I would be interested in a pair. But I'm about to be broke again as I'm buying an API 2500 stereo buss comp.

Oh man I really want a pair of SSL channel eq's any model, but as you stated pita to get to work and rack for you, impossible for me. F'ing expensive as hell too, but..... ya get what you pay for I guess.

Cheers

[Howard Jones]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... :IT&ih=003

The listing includes this: " I can provide pin outs, kits and pre wired racks for these units."