I'm not familiar with Sebatron stuff - I'll see if I can track them down for you, but you might like to check out an Aussie company called "Peach".
Here's an extract from a review in Australian mag "Audio Technology"

"If you're one of those people out there still looking for superb design, hand made excellence
and brilliant sound quality in your audio equipment and you're prepared to pay for it, the Peach 196 Vacuum Tube series of modular pre-amps are rare gems indeed. These high voltage valve mic pres are amongst the best money can buy and you would struggle to find a better product anywhere on earth."

Brave words, but they were at pains to point out how many people they consulted, what these things were compared too (in real world listening tests),
and how considered were their comments.

The units retail over here for $1,750 and are available as a single item & in a
"mainframe" rackmount unit that hold up to six.(and they look pretty darn cool nice big VU meter etc).
As the Aussie dollar has almost no value at the moment, the exchange rate would see you VERY favourably placed.

I'm certainly going to be sussing them out ASAP.

Unfortunately Peach Audio doesn't have a website,
if you're intersted (and from the sounds of it, they would be well worth checking out) here are their contact details:

Phone (02) 9315 7525 (course you have to add the Aussie international code before this..which from memory I think is 61.
email: peachaudio@bigpond.com

Also Brisbane based JLMaudio make some very well regarded stuff...hot rodded versions of Neve based stuff. They also have a valve based mic pre:
http://www.jlmaudio.com

Kind regards :cool: [[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.jlmaudio…"]JLM Audio[/]="http://www.jlmaudio…"]JLM Audio[/]

stedel ... Joe

did I see that right?

Hi Joe :w:

I haven't heard the Sebatron gear either and I am trying to fill out the competition form right now!!! BUT it doesn't work??

By the way JLM has some cool looking stuff, so take a look.

Damn...quick!!!! What competition????????

I went to the Sebatron site,

http://www.sebatron.com/sebatron/

and there is a competintion "popup" saying Less thas a week to go!

http://www.sebatron.com/sebatron/competition/popup.htm

I think you can win a stereo resonant filter thing called Modular Analog.

But when I fill in my name and email address it errors with .. "The page cannot be found"

Hey the Sebatron stuff is Good but weird....

I have known Seb for ages and seen his gear progress from infancy to soemthing fully useable. His 4 Channel pre's are very good for the money and nice sounding too. They are all hand made, class A discrete stuff. He is obsessed by perfomance and specs.. and strives to equal other 'higher end' brands specs. I have used the pre's and found them good for heaps of things.. while they are no Neves they certainly beat the shit out of 80% of things floating around. They can be patched into each other for heaps of distortion and overdrive as well. THe 4 Ch pre has electronically balanced outputs and hand wound mic input transformers made by a guy here in Melbounre who used to wind for the orignal ROLA and Trimax transformer companies. (Australia used to make some of the best transformers around BTW) Fot he $$ they are prett decent for a different flavour.

THe VEQC is another 'Seb' box that ahs many interesting and very 'Seb' features. Its EQ is totally passive and has an infinite cut like an X-over. THe compressor is cool as well.

his filters ARE THE SHIT!

send him an email and chat etc..

HOPE it helps

PEACE

Wiggy :w:

Hmm. I'm doing this because I'm in a race with Julian. And I was wondering if Eric ever got round to trying them out, or finding more about the stuff he was interested in.

Haven't tried them out yet-I've emailed back and forth with some of the guys at Sebatron and Warm Cola but I think the prices have gone up since I looked at them first-reflection of the dollar maybe since they are aiming at international sales...i dunno. Anyways, I'm very interested and am working on a mix that might need something special like the tube EQ/Compressor-sounds pretty cool with the 'Deep' and 'Air' switches. I mean I could rent a tubetech or a summit for 3 months or I could own one of these....damn gear!!!

eric