![]() ![]() Hairball Audio prides itself in creating the highest quality kits, while keeping design elegant and simple. This VU meter is perfect for DIY 1176 compressor/limiter builds like the Gyraf G1176. Rather, our focus is to provide only the best parts available and to never compromise. Our focus was not to manufacture products overseas in places such as China to keep our costs low. We spent weeks listening to original units and auditioned almost 100 capacitors to select a compliment of authentic sounding components. Modern recreations from larger transformer winders tend to focus on improving specifications, which washes out the original character and tone that made these compressors so famous.įET/RACK complete kits feature only the best board-level passive components carefully selected by ear to impart all of the original color and tone of their original counterparts. Our transformers, custom designed by Ed Anderson, are meticulous recreations of the original UTC 0-12 input, 5002 output transformer, and 11754 power transformer. The 1176 compressor has lent its character and punch to some of the greatest recordings in history. ![]() The wiring of the kit, which used to take several hours, can now be done in only a few minutes. FET compressors were largely developed as an alternative to tube compressors of the day. What little is left is made simple with pre-assembled connectors. The 1176 is a FET (field effect transistor) compressor a type of solid-state device that controls current flow using electrical components. The attack and release network, previously the trickiest wiring in the build, is now on its own small PCB that easily mounts to the main board with the supplied connectors.Ī standard in pro-audio, JST connectors have allowed us to eliminate the complicated wiring. ![]() The audio transformers now mount directly onto the main PCB. The new PCB design is a nod to the classic layout. The floating PCB allows top and bottom PCB access for ease of install and troubleshooting. Our custom 2U enclosure was designed for Hairball Audio and is made in Seattle, USA from 18 gauge steel. The authenticity and sound of the new FET/RACK is unparalleled. What’s changed is that we’ve taken the build experience and detail to a whole new level. The new FET/RACK maintains the classic front panel and sound of the classic FET compressors from the 60’s and 70’s. After nearly a decade of working together, we were convinced we could make a kit that was more elegant, more build friendly and most of all MORE ORIGINAL. In summer of 2016 we released the next generation FET/RACK. All components are carefully selected by ear to match the original units and create the most authentic recreation available on the market. These kits include only the highest quality USA made custom enclosure and transformers. The FET/RACK compressor series is no exception. The partnership, based on a passion for quality design, has yielded some of the best DIY projects on the market today. Now - thanks to Arturias TAE technology - you can enjoy its legendary. For nearly a decade Hairball Audio has partnered with talented PCB designer Mako Natsume. The original 1176 compressor designed by Bill Putnam Sr. ![]()
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