Sorry for asking but I don’t suppose there’s any way you’d consider taking gut shots of the Solid State Reverb & Echo 600 for me would you? Been looking for photos for years.
I am sure and the link does confirm what i’m saying too “So the filter matrix just stops the oscillation, and uses the range knob to set a static delay amount.” The LFO is completely disconnected in the filter matrix modes of all the models and the range pot is then reconnected so as to provide a voltage/current control for the VCO/Clock to manually adjust the delay time so it’s not just sweeping incredibly slowly, it’s fixed.
My bad for not reading the volume drop link, I saw Wet/Dry mix and had assumed it was the popular one suggesting to add a resistor to the back of the board which does affect the Wet/Dry mix and isn’t recommended.
Is that your page? There is quite a bit of incorrect info on that page.
For a start, EHX was closed from around ’85 onwards due to union pressure and the mistress didn’t go back in to production even as a prototype until Sovtek started up which was post ’89.
The filter matrix completely disables the LFO, it’s not sweeping at all and the flange is instead voltage controlled.
The known mod for the volume drop shouldn’t be suggested, changing the wet/dry mix affects the notches and leads to a less than optimal sound.
The Trim adjustments need more background, the trim affected when you “Then set it in the middle of the two cutout points” sets the bias, yes it can be done by ear (although a tech with a scope will do a better job) but the best way to set it is the point where the least distortion occurs rather than an arbitrary point as each chip will have a slightly different bias point.
Could you post a gut shot? While I wouldn’t usually advise adjusting from factory set up, perhaps something can be done to tweak it once which trim is which is worked out.
As EH Man said, nature of the beast that it whines, no companding circuitry and not that great low pass filtering. You can try adjust the high pass trim to get rid of it.
I think what you have might just be normal behaviour, if you don’t want whine you should probably look to a Deluxe Memory Man.