On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 16:37 +0100, Giso Grimm wrote: I wouldn't even pay attention to those specifications. Just go listen to them. Rich... > Hi Jörn, > > may I ask four your shopping experience regarding the mic preamp? > > Do you have experience with the presonus digimax d8? How does it compare > to RME Octamic II, and Behringer ADA8000? > > What I read in the specs was EIN -126 dB for the Presonus, -129 dB for > RME, and approx -110 dB for the Behringer (own measurment, to be used > with caution...). The THD is -50 dB for Presonus, -66 dB for RME, and > unspecified for the Behringer (although it is quite high for the > Behringer output, and specified to be -40 dB for the "system", whatever > that means). Price is 333 EUR for Presonus, 1249 EUR for RME, 219 EUR > Behringer. Any comments? > > cheers! > > Giso > > Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > > hi everyone! > > > > > > i'm shopping for a new 8-way mike preamp with calibrated and steppered > > (or digitally controlled) gains (to allow for precisely gain-aligned > > soundfield recordings). it should include an a/d converter to adat. > > > > specifically, it should be low-noise and must have a very robust phantom > > power section that can take 8 schoeps or other misbehaved phantom > > current guzzlers without stress symptoms. > > gain of no less than 60dB would be nice. > > > > can anyone recommend anything in the <2k price range? ultimately, i'd > > want one of those micstasies with a madiface to go with it, but first i > > need something more affordable to earn some cash with :) > > > > i don't much care for input impedance wizardry, i like my mike ins hi-Z, > > thank you very much - if i don't want that bright treble, i'll filter it > > later... :) > > > > your recommendations are appreciated! > > > > best, > > > > jörn > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-user mailing list > > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
