Halfway Competent
30 Apr 2010, 02:28
OK dudes, I think I'm finally gonna bite the bullet. After all this time agonizing over which mic pre would be the right upgrade from my... Um... Presonus Digimax LT *hangs head in shame*, I've decided to get a quartet (to start with) of SCA N72 pres. The price is excellent, and I've read some glowing reviews from folks whose opinions are usually not BS.
Any tricks to putting this stuff together? Words of wisdom/caution? Looks like the documentation is good. I see lots of posts in the SCA forums with folks trying to get their stuff to work. The SCA guy posts lots of helpful tech advice.
I am going to buy a proper soldering iron for the task... Right now I have a Weller Pyropen, which is a great iron... For quick jobs. I don't think I want to buy several cans of butane for the 2-3 hours predicted assembly time, and that huge tip doesn't really lend itself to small jobs like this. Weller WES51 is what I'm looking at ($100 at Fry's).
Any tricks to putting this stuff together? Words of wisdom/caution? Looks like the documentation is good. I see lots of posts in the SCA forums with folks trying to get their stuff to work. The SCA guy posts lots of helpful tech advice.
I am going to buy a proper soldering iron for the task... Right now I have a Weller Pyropen, which is a great iron... For quick jobs. I don't think I want to buy several cans of butane for the 2-3 hours predicted assembly time, and that huge tip doesn't really lend itself to small jobs like this. Weller WES51 is what I'm looking at ($100 at Fry's).