Tony Lai
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2000
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>I have never seen a processor's guts that look so simple...hell even my Sony 555ES's guts look closer to the Lexicon's guts than the 950.
I own a Sony 9000es - I also have the service manual and have opened it up to have a look inside.
It's certainly a tour de force of engineering, Sony have packed in the slanted boards and have put in premium parts. It's a 13-14kg monster than weighs as much as a receiver (without the amps!). I doubt they make much or anything on it. Fitting for a flagship. Three 32-bit DSP's with A/D SHARC processing and discreet components everywhere...
However, it's a nightmare to fix and it's hot as hell (comparatively speaking).
Outlaw obviously don't have the budget of Sony (or Lexicon) - and I expect a product less complex that both.
However they have one thing that Sony don't have - the ear of actual users instead of the arrogance that is typical of a large corporation.
I expect a clean, simple, efficient good sounding preamp. Which I hope and expect the 950 to be...
T.
I own a Sony 9000es - I also have the service manual and have opened it up to have a look inside.
It's certainly a tour de force of engineering, Sony have packed in the slanted boards and have put in premium parts. It's a 13-14kg monster than weighs as much as a receiver (without the amps!). I doubt they make much or anything on it. Fitting for a flagship. Three 32-bit DSP's with A/D SHARC processing and discreet components everywhere...
However, it's a nightmare to fix and it's hot as hell (comparatively speaking).
Outlaw obviously don't have the budget of Sony (or Lexicon) - and I expect a product less complex that both.
However they have one thing that Sony don't have - the ear of actual users instead of the arrogance that is typical of a large corporation.
I expect a clean, simple, efficient good sounding preamp. Which I hope and expect the 950 to be...
T.
