Watched it. Loved it. Thanks for making me aware of its existence.
I see a lot of talk about tubes...the
Neve 8028 was not a tube console. There are no tubes in it. It's an all-analog, transformer-balanced, discrete, class A topology.
The secret is in the input & output transformers and how they're loaded in the circuit. Make no mistake, though, it's an incredible signal path for recording.
I have built some clones of the 1290 mic pre modules with some boards I designed. These are always my first choice for recording anything...drums, guitars, pianos, vuvuzela.
I wonder what a Neve 1272 line stage converted into a headphone amplifier would sound like? This might be worth an experiment.