Reel to Reel preamp mods - anyone know anyone who does them?

pinksoir

A friend of mine found a R2R in a skip. It's an Akai M-8. I got it off him with the intention of using it as a mic preamp and I found a good few bits about doing this on the intraweb. Namely:

http://beyondsanityproductions.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13

http://lacinato.com/cm/audio/robertsmod

Apparently it's sounds alright. I don't have any "colour" preamps at the moment and I'd love to have one for some vocal stuff. I don't really have much experience doing mods to tube stuff besides modding an amp before. I'm afraid of the high voltages (with good reason!), so i'm wondering do any of you dudes have a suss on someone that could do the mods for me? I'm in Dublin. The first link above gives a step by step guide.

Cheers.

This is it (web image):

cezet

What kind of mics you want connect to this ? ( dynamic, condenser, etc )

pinksoir

Both. I have a phantom power box to power the condenser as this wouldn't supply it. I'd also use it as a DI for bass.

cezet

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