SD 633 expander

[daniel]

4 hours ago, Malcolm Davies Amps CAS said:

In weight alone it's a no brainer. The Kortwich is only a few ounces against the SQN's few pounds.

Does the Kortwich have limiters? I know 633 does but SQN limiters still sound good to my ears.

[VM]

51 minutes ago, daniel said:

Does the Kortwich have limiters? 

No, it has no limiters. This why I prefer too a SD302.

[BWilson]

If your only after bigger faders, SD could possibly make a 3 fader expansion like the cl9. I don't think it would be that hard as the 633 can be used with the cl12.

[Derek H]

I think sound devices response would be ...um maybe buy the 664?

[chrismedr]

6 hours ago, Malcolm Davies Amps CAS said:

In weight alone it's a no brainer. The Kortwich is only a few ounces against the SQN's few pounds.

yeah, even a MixPre or X2 is around 700g, the 2channel Kortwich is 300g and the 3channel 320g - quite amazing, makes you wonder if that box is empty.

 

16 minutes ago, Derek H said:

I think sound devices response would be ...um maybe buy the 664?

hehe, good point. but we like to make things complicated and weird : )

personally I very rarely need more then 3 preamps, so the X2 was simply the most cost effective option that could also be used for other things. 

[Philip Perkins]

1 hour ago, chrismedr said:

 

hehe, good point. but we like to make things complicated and weird : )

 

Or modular. 

[Dave Pullmer]

On 15/12/2016 at 11:26 AM, Philip Perkins said:

True--I was always amazed at how heavy the SQNs were, those beefy trafos I guess.  I don't think you'd hear much of any diffs between MixPreD and 302.  The former is a newer design, but both have the SD trafo-pres.  The 302 is so amazingly flexible that I'd keep it in any case...

Thanks Philip. Yea I've recently started using the 302 outside of location sound work and have been putting it in front of my tascam portastudio for home recordings. A handy tool indeed!