Figured some of you would enjoy following along as I build this preamp.
I'll start off by saying that Seventh Circle Audio is an amazing company from what I've seen so far. I just got my box of goodies today, and was very surprised with how this company handles themselves. The packaging was AWESOME on my stuff. Double boxed, double bubble wrapped, paper wrapped, all parts in sorted baggies, and they threw in lots of extras for me that I wasn't expecting to get.
So here are some initial pics. I'll explain as I post them.
This is the box that I took out of a box. This one was wrapped in bubble wrap all the way around and fit perfect in the outer box.
The chassis itself was wrapped in plastic and brown paper, and also in bubble wrap. I was amazed at how meticulous even just the brown wrap was- it was all tapped up and the corners were folded perfectly... Whoever works at SCA is very OCD about shipping. Which is a good thing.
So I took the cover off and was not surprised to see all the individual components I ordered perfectly wrapped in bubble. I was also impressed that the power supply and chassis was already fully assembled for me. Judging from the instructions I've seen online, I thought I was going to have to but it all together myself.
Here's all the individual components. Everything was sorted in bags based on where it goes. Good job here too SCA.
Ahhh the good stuff!
The envelope you can see in the other pic contained the schematics, BOM, and PCB. The PCB is very stout, whoever did the layout knew what they were doing. Better than a lot of high end gear I've seen.
And this pic shows why I now love this company. They sent extra stuff along with my order that I wasn't expecting. Snap on ferrite bead for the power cord, lead bender for resistors, tons of hookup wire, heat shrink tubing, and a bunch of zipties and cable routing clips. All these things are usually never included in kits like this.
That's it for now. I'm going to start assembling the pre later tonight. I have to clear all my amps off the workbench and then I'll be on it.
I'll start off by saying that Seventh Circle Audio is an amazing company from what I've seen so far. I just got my box of goodies today, and was very surprised with how this company handles themselves. The packaging was AWESOME on my stuff. Double boxed, double bubble wrapped, paper wrapped, all parts in sorted baggies, and they threw in lots of extras for me that I wasn't expecting to get.
So here are some initial pics. I'll explain as I post them.
This is the box that I took out of a box. This one was wrapped in bubble wrap all the way around and fit perfect in the outer box.
The chassis itself was wrapped in plastic and brown paper, and also in bubble wrap. I was amazed at how meticulous even just the brown wrap was- it was all tapped up and the corners were folded perfectly... Whoever works at SCA is very OCD about shipping. Which is a good thing.
So I took the cover off and was not surprised to see all the individual components I ordered perfectly wrapped in bubble. I was also impressed that the power supply and chassis was already fully assembled for me. Judging from the instructions I've seen online, I thought I was going to have to but it all together myself.
Here's all the individual components. Everything was sorted in bags based on where it goes. Good job here too SCA.
Ahhh the good stuff!
The envelope you can see in the other pic contained the schematics, BOM, and PCB. The PCB is very stout, whoever did the layout knew what they were doing. Better than a lot of high end gear I've seen.
And this pic shows why I now love this company. They sent extra stuff along with my order that I wasn't expecting. Snap on ferrite bead for the power cord, lead bender for resistors, tons of hookup wire, heat shrink tubing, and a bunch of zipties and cable routing clips. All these things are usually never included in kits like this.
That's it for now. I'm going to start assembling the pre later tonight. I have to clear all my amps off the workbench and then I'll be on it.
) looks like it could cause a headache, at least for me 
