![]() Here's the unpainted transformers on the 222c/d They looked similar, but a little worse, to the condition of the transformers on the 222c, which I failed repaint and will do later. I forgot to take before pictures, but the first order of business was to clean off the dust/grime and remove the output transformers and power transformer bell cap for a repaint. Anyway I'm starting to restore/mod the LK-48 and will keep a log here. It's the same circuit as the 222c, but again with a different face plate, and uses 7199 tubes for the phase inverter instead of the 6UB tubes in the 222c/d I restored already, although some 222c's did use the 7199. Then I came across a cheap Scott LK-48 for sale locally and grabbed it. I've come to accept that I just like vintage stuff and I like tubes and I'm ok with that. ![]() It turned out great and unseated my Ragnarok 2, not on technicalities, but on musical enjoyment. Along the way I decided to add the biasing circuit from the 299b. I recently finished restoring an early model HH Scott 222d integrated amp, which is actually the circuit from the 222c, just with a different face plate. (I mean GM doesn't sell a Vette with a V4 at $50k but ask an extra $30k for the V8.) If it sounds like this kind of audiophile bullshittery bugs the F outta me, it's because it does. For Jeebs sake, f'ing sell the best product that you can instead of something gimped that requires an extra attachment that makes it how it was supposed to be in the first place. ![]() Ferrum Audio should just sell both together instead of offer an "optional" power supply that makes the base headamp guuder. I have not heard the OOR without it and I won't because I don't have the time. The HYPSOS is a power supply does guud things. I'm going to be direct and succinct without much extraneous bullshit and technobabble (some it probably wrong or misleading) that other Internet reviewers spew. Due to the very recent release of a number of headamps which have really pushed what solid-state headamps can do (tube expressiveness), the Ferrum OOR is going to have some stiff competition. For sure a lot of it is me being bad at it but I struggle a lot less with an amp & a pedal than the same in the app.This is an honest review* of the Ferrum ORR headamp and HYPNOS power supply. Clean and slightly distorted sounds I find super nice but I really struggle to get even a decently clean tone when it comes to high distortion. To wrap this up I still want to address the sound issue. Window and options are a bit "clunky" but its a super cable software and once you get past those it is very easy to use day to day. The interface once you're stting up the pedals etc is super nice and easy to use but I dont like that to me it feels a bit like an app ported ot PC. I still think you'd probably be better off with a decent amp + a few medals if you know what sound you want - but if you want a ton of creative sounds with pretty good quality in a few clicks thats a great product. For a beginner its just amazing as a platform to have fun with a ton of sounds & amps. Having said that for the base price of the tool paired with a basic audio interface its unbeatable value. Disclaimer: im a super basic user so sound quality can very much be down to me being bad & my equipment not being pro.
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