Talking Points About Kludge Audio Products


506 Equalizer

 - It is a general tone-shaping equalizer, not surgical.
 - It was initially designed for classical music so it is super clean.
 - It has inductors but is quieter and cleaner than competing inductor equalizers.
 - You can make aggressive changes without the sound coming apart.
 - It can be set to well above the audible band for "air band" boost or to cut
   ultrasonic noise when recording at high sample rates.
 - It is built to last a lifetime.

510 Transwarmer

 - It is a board that adds a distinctive but subtle transformer sound.
 - "Classic transformer sound without the classic transformer hassle"
 - It is based on a specially-designed transformer whose coloration does
   not change as much with level as typical vintage transformers, making
   it much easier to use.  Set it and forget it.
 - It has a termination switch.  Set it however it sounds best for whatever
   you are doing and don't get all conerned you're doingt something wrong.
 - Unlike vintage transformers, they are very consistent and any two off the
   line will sound the same.
 - It costs less than a vintage transformer, and is far more convenient in
   every way.
 - It is built to last a lifetime.


508 Phase Rotator

 - It is discontinued but if anyone ever asks about it specifically, you
   can probably get B-stock.


511 Germanium Preamplifier

 - It will be available in August.
 - It is intended as a highly colored preamp rather than being super-clean
   like the EQ.
 - It is a modern design with a high performance IC output stage and 
   a front end based on Soviet germanium transistors.
 - The topology is vaguely based off a German design of the sixties but
   it uses a typical British input transformer and was not designed to
   sound like anything else.
 - It can be hit very hard and will limit in a very classic germanium
   way rather than sounding like it's being overloaded.
 - They are noisy but they are less noisy than the other guy's germanium
   preamp and they cost a lot less too.

About Kludge Audio

 - We are a working studio and we designed these things to do what we
   needed.  We didn't design them based on focus groups or baased on what 
   we thought we could sell easily.  
 - We have been doing custom electronics in-house for nearly forty years.
 - Scott Dorsey, the engineer and designer, has a long history of designing
   products maade by major audio manufacturers.
 - Everything is hand-assembled in the US.  Even major modules like the
   inductors and switch assemblies.