Synchronia Sound Skulptor.. which one to choose?

[Daniel]

Hello:

I'm interested in building one of the preamps that are part of the Synchronia Sound Skulptor preamp Kit that was reviewed by Hugh on the September issue. I'm trying to decide which of the preamp modules to build first. My goal is to have something that approaches the sound/tone of an avalon 737sp or a Aphex 1100mkII. They have three type of preamps that one could build: the MP73, MP12, or MP32. Do you guys know which one would get me closer to the sound/quality I'm looking for?

Thanks in advance,

[IvanSC]

I just said the title aloud with a mouthful of popcorn and pebbledashed my nice new LCD monitor.

[Matt Houghton]

Hi Daniel,
Why not contact the nice guys at Synchronia? They may be based in France but they speak good English and they've been very responsive to emails... and if anyone knows how best to configure their gear it will be them!
Regards,
Matt

[lone star]

Just for the record... I built a Sound Skulptor MP73 (Neve 1073 clone) and an MP12 (API clone), and I must say I'm totally satisfied: very good component quality, detailed instructions and, what is more, excellent sounding results.

I'll surely be buying some other kits from them in the future.

BTW, the folks at Sound Skulptor have just released a new class-a valve preamp (MP66).
Surf to their site Sound Skulptor and have a look.

lonestar

[Ten21]

How did you find the construction. I am pretty good at soldering - wired my own studio but I'm afraid I glaze over with technical blurb that a lot of other people seem to love. My philosophy has always been "never mind the label , what's the wine taste like!". I'm alright with wiring a bantam patch panel. But how tricky are these to build??

Cheers in advance

Sean Kenny

http://www.ten21.biz

Just for the record... I built a Sound Skulptor MP73 (Neve 1073 clone) and an MP12 (API clone), and I must say I'm totally satisfied: very good component quality, detailed instructions and, what is more, excellent sounding results.

I'll surely be buying some other kits from them in the future.

BTW, the folks at Sound Skulptor have just released a new class-a valve preamp (MP66).
Surf to their site Sound Skulptor and have a look.

lonestar

[lone star]

Sean,
sorry to be so late in answering your question...

You say you're quite good at soldering: IMHO this is all is needed to build the SS kits. You just have to follow the extremely well detailed instructions (which you can download from the SS site, BTW, if you want to have an idea of how difficult/easy is the process).

The rest is just a matter of paying attention to the colour codes of the resistors (possibly the most time consuming part) and the correct identification of all the components.

You should definitely give it a try.

Good luck!

LS