What Makes API Gear Sound So Good? With Jeff Steiger of CAPI May 12, 2012 17:30 9 Comments

Jeff Steiger of CAPI and I get nerdy about various vintage audio and DIY topics, including:

Why create a company dedicated to vintage API gear? Why not Neve, SSL, etc.?
Will we ever see ClassicAPI kits in a 1RU rack format, instead of 500-series?
Why does old API gear sound so good when it's specs are so bad?
The sonically stunning Gar2520 opamp
Jeff's new, two-stage preamp design, the VP28
How Jeff tried to cram a full API console strip into one 500-series slot.
"Inventory management is a bitch."
How DIY gear is beginning to penetrate the big-budget recording world.
Are we seeing a return to the early days of recording when many engineers built their own custom gear?

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Thanks for taking the time to do this. It was interesting to hear the history of CAPI and hear Jeff’s answers to our questions!

Good talk. I only wish it went on longer.

Fantastic. Thanks so much for producing this interview. I wonder what is keeping the major manufacturers from releasing products like this?

So great to hear about the history of CAPI, and API as well. Gear lust has just gone into overdrive!

@ Graham, good question. I guess the big boys do not think the industry needs something like the VP28. Mistake on their part!

This is great! Looking forward to build few VP26

Great interview , thanks for doing this !

Thanks for the kind comments, everyone. I’ve got a lot more like it in the works.

Also big thanks from me, it is do great to so the community is growing with such nice and gear addicted leaders such Jeff. DIY changed my life!

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