Turtlerock Forum

Ross Giles has updated his valve DI, i thought some of you would be interested in info and pics.

Ross' DI has been around for a while now and is well known and very highly regarded.

quote from ross -

"They are new in the sense that its a new case and front panel.
Its the same Di I've been making for the last twelve years.
Its a unique high voltage two valve design with the output coming out at line level and has a 3 Meg ohm input impedance.
I use a custom wound Sowter transformer, high quality Japanese made Azuma valve sockets and a rather expensive variable attenuator for the output control.
Its 15 cm high, 29 cm long (not including front controls}and weighs over 7 kilograms.
Its very dynamic sounding with lots of low level detail, revealing the subtle nuances in the playing.
Yet at the same time, very natural and musical sounding."

i don't work for ross or have any affiliation other than that i really like his approach to equipment design. that and the fact he has the most awesome collection of valves you've ever seen ;-)

anyway, if you're shopping for a valve DI you'd be nuts not to check this one out.

cheers, wez

Could I add to that Ross is a top bloke.

I have talke to him about some of the gear he builds and he is very passionate and thurough with testing each individual component for ist's specific purpose.

Would be good to here from him here to talk about this unit.

Ross does awesome work of an 'old school' standard. He makes all my old gear sound like new. Going to his place is like going to the Willy Wonka factory of valve gear. I always end up staying way longer than I planned.

whats a ball park figure for one of these?

Thank you for your interest in my VDI.
They are currently $1500.
Cheers,

Ross

Welcome aboard the TR forum Ross - many speak highly of your work.
Tim..

hey ross
welcome aboard if you do a bit of a search i am sure you will find your name pops up many times over the years on the forum !

Thank you for your warm welcome!
I look forward to meeting new like minded friends on this great forum.
Cheers

Ross