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HI ALL In Virtual Land. Trying to hunt down some circuits for some very rear little beasts called a EMT256 II. One of the Powderfinger boys has bought a pair and would like to make them work again. If anyone has any info at all hiding in a draw somewhere please blow the dust of of it and place it on the scanner. It would be most appreciated. Thank You.

Joe:)

joe@jlmaudio.com

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anonymous Fri, 03/28/2003 - 08:39

I got a pair of 256 somewhere too
Opposed to the full-fledged 19" PDM156 these are some broadcast-module-casing units which were originally meant to fit in the emt 259 lunchbox. (see [[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.danalexa…"]Dan Alexander Audio[/]="http://www.danalexa…"]Dan Alexander Audio[/] for some pics)
I'd like to have more info on these and especially the emt-259 case too..

cheers,madMixx

anonymous Sat, 03/29/2003 - 20:05

HI ALL :) Thanks for the offers and copies of the EMT156 Circuits. I have found a friend of mine by chance had a whole English Manual for the EMT256II which I should have in a week or so from Sydney. The EMT156 is a fully Discrete transistor Comp and the EMT256 II is a fully IC one including lots of 741's as it turnout. Any body need a copy of the EMT256 II Manual let me know by my email address and i will send it to you by email once I have it. Thanks Again for all the replies.

Joe:)

joe@jlmaudio.com

anonymous Mon, 03/31/2003 - 07:29

What do you think of the sound of the 156? How does it compare to some more common compressors?

My unit is not working 100%. It's got some sidechain problems I have to sort out. I can get it working for a few minutes before it goes nuts.
So far, the unit is really noisy. In the condition it is right now, it's very agressive.
There is a color to it ala an 1176 from what I can tell when it's not freaking out. I hope to get it running in the next couple months and get a better idea of it's sound when it is working properly. Eddi Ciletti just wrote a nice article about this beast in Mix. I plan to build an external power supply as he did to stabilize the rails a little better, (and quiet them down).
I'd be curious to hear thoughts from other users about the sound and use of the EMT 156.

Thanks