Become a Site Supporter and Never see Ads again!

Author Topic: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P  (Read 13363 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline OOK

  • Trade Count: (17)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *****
  • Posts: 2727
  • Gender: Male
  • formerly OtherOneK
New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« on: November 19, 2014, 08:21:37 PM »
Millennia HV-32p

Looks interesting.  Good company...fair price for quality...  So far the only online retailer carrying it seems to be fullcompass....

Peace OOK

DPA/HEB 4060's > R09HR
MBHO648/KA100Lk/KA200/KA300/KA500 > SD702

Offline pohaku

  • Site Supporter
  • Trade Count: (35)
  • Taperssection All-Star
  • *
  • Posts: 1090
  • Gender: Male
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2014, 09:54:19 PM »
Nice.  I have a pair of their TD-1s and really like them.

I wonder how efficient these are with batteries and phantom?
Mics: akg c460 (ck61, ck63), c414buls, c568eb; at4049a, 4051a, 4053a, at853; josephson c42; neumann U87, km84i; beyer m130, m160, m500; aea r84; gefell m71, mt711s, m200, m201, um70S; sony c38; schoeps cmc6, CMBI (mk4, mk21, mk41, mk4v); sennheiser mkh30, mkh40, md421, md431, md541; audix m1290
Pres: API, a-designs, pendulum, purple, millennia TD-1 and HV-32P, gt, littlebox, tinybox, usbpre2, CA 9200, pipsqueak, grace V2, DAV BG1
Cables: KCY, CMR, Naiant AKG actives, PFAs, asst.  GAKables and Darktrain
Recorders/converters/monitors: dr680, m10, dr-2d, d50, zoom f8 & F8n pro, 788T SSD CL-8, lynx aurora 8, Neumann KH20


Yeah, I'm an attorney, but everyone needs a day job

Offline carlbeck

  • Trade Count: (14)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *****
  • Posts: 2811
  • Gender: Male
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2014, 07:41:19 AM »
This looks really interesting, I'm curious to hear this "sheen" that was mentioned in one of the reviews. The one thing I don't appreciate in a preamp used for field recording is variable gain or more specifically gain that doesn't offer detents to lock in place. My Shure FP24 doesn't have detents & I'm always concerned the gain can change if my bag is bumped or moved, I much prefer the detent knobs on my V2 but otherwise this preamp looks pretty good. Who's going to be the first guinea pig?
I know you like, tape for people's approval and stuff, and wave your tapes around like they're your dick...  but even you can't actually think section tapes from philips sound good.  



Mics: Telefunken Elam 260, 61, 62, MBHO KA200, KA500 > Niant PFA's, AKG C34L-MS
Preamps: Grace Lunatec V2, Shure FP24
Decks: Tascam DR-2d, Zoom F8

Old rig: Recording: AKG C34 & AKG CK1X or CK2X > MK46 > 460 > Aeta Mix2000 > Sound Devices 702

Playback: Thorens TD125, Denon DVD-2900> Bel Canto DAC-1 > Audible Illusions 3B > Rogue Atlas >ZU Wax Shotgun> Hyperion 938
ALL TUBES BABY!!!

Offline twatts (pants are so over-rated...)

  • <://PHiSH//><
  • Trade Count: (16)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *****
  • Posts: 9941
  • Gender: Male
  • Lego made a Mini-Fig of me!
***Do you have PHISH, VIDA BLUE, JAZZ MANDOLIN PROJECT or any other Phish related DATs/Tapes/MDs that need to be transferred???  I can do them for you!!!***

I will return your DATs/Tapes/MDs.  I'll also provide Master FLAC files via DropBox.  PM me for details.

Sony PCM R500 > SPDIF > Tascam HD-P2
Nakamichi DR-3 > (Oade Advanced Concert Mod) Tascam HD-P2
Sony MDS-JE510 > Hosa ODL-276 > Tascam HD-P2

******

Offline DSatz

  • Site Supporter
  • Trade Count: (35)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *
  • Posts: 3347
  • Gender: Male
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2014, 09:29:16 AM »
Millennia has been building top-quality rack-mounted (i.e. not so portable) professional preamps for a long time. They're used by many classical engineers, studios and broadcasters. Ultra-quiet, ultra-low-distortion, ultra-reliable with no fads or gimmicks. I own one of their older two-channel preamps, and would use it more often if it didn't weigh as much as the rest of my usual setup put together.

Does anyone know what kind of outputs this preamp has? I couldn't see any pictures of the sides or back of the unit.

--best regards
music > microphones > a recorder of some sort

Offline audBall

  • Trade Count: (37)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • Posts: 6463
  • Gender: Male
  • Feel brand new about it
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2014, 09:38:54 AM »
I can't find any sites that show a picture of the back or list the input/output features of the unit.

Full Compass has them for $1,080 shipped.

edit -
This page (in Japanese) shows the rear of the HV-35 (single channel preamp). My guess is the 2-channel would be somewhat similar.
http://www.miroc.co.jp/show-report/aes2014/archives/714
HP-35 Image link: http://www.miroc.co.jp/show-report/aes2014/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014AES_LA_2DayA_183.jpg
« Last Edit: November 22, 2014, 09:58:34 AM by audBall »
mg m20.21.23 ■ akg ck61.62.63 »  nbob■naiant »  aercomp2 ■ v2-3 ■ sx-m2d2
dpa 4061 » mma-a.6000
d100 ■ r44ocm ■ f3

Offline pohaku

  • Site Supporter
  • Trade Count: (35)
  • Taperssection All-Star
  • *
  • Posts: 1090
  • Gender: Male
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2014, 10:40:40 AM »
I have a pair of the TD-1s, and while they are "portable", that mostly means they have a handle on top.  Basically a half rack space box, but 2U high. Very high quality pre.  In the case of the TD-1, kind of a Swiss Army knife of pres, since it has a Millennia's EQ, direct box, reamp and solid state and tube topology also wrapped in.  The lights are kind of festive as well.  Two channels for @ $1080 is pretty good for Millennia.  Now if only they had a digital out as well.  Given that Millennia comes out of the studio recording milieu, I would bet that ins and outs are XLR. It is not a tiny box.

Edit:  the first full size picture in audBall's AES link, above, shows a TD-1 sitting on a counter to the left.  As I noted, portable, but not in the sense that the denizens of this Board would typically appreciate.
« Last Edit: November 22, 2014, 10:44:38 AM by pohaku »
Mics: akg c460 (ck61, ck63), c414buls, c568eb; at4049a, 4051a, 4053a, at853; josephson c42; neumann U87, km84i; beyer m130, m160, m500; aea r84; gefell m71, mt711s, m200, m201, um70S; sony c38; schoeps cmc6, CMBI (mk4, mk21, mk41, mk4v); sennheiser mkh30, mkh40, md421, md431, md541; audix m1290
Pres: API, a-designs, pendulum, purple, millennia TD-1 and HV-32P, gt, littlebox, tinybox, usbpre2, CA 9200, pipsqueak, grace V2, DAV BG1
Cables: KCY, CMR, Naiant AKG actives, PFAs, asst.  GAKables and Darktrain
Recorders/converters/monitors: dr680, m10, dr-2d, d50, zoom f8 & F8n pro, 788T SSD CL-8, lynx aurora 8, Neumann KH20


Yeah, I'm an attorney, but everyone needs a day job

Offline F.O.Bean

  • Team Schoeps Tapir that
  • Trade Count: (126)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *****
  • Posts: 40690
  • Gender: Male
  • Taperus Maximus
    • MediaFire Recordings
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2014, 01:15:05 PM »
Ahh, thats nothing. It looks like it only weighs 100+ pounds lol ;D
Schoeps MK 4V & MK 41V ->
Schoeps 250|0 KCY's (x2) ->
Naiant +60v|Low Noise PFA's (x2) ->
DarkTrain Right Angle Stubby XLR's (x3) ->
Sound Devices MixPre-6 & MixPre-3

http://www.archive.org/bookmarks/diskobean
http://www.archive.org/bookmarks/Bean420
http://bt.etree.org/mytorrents.php
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/j9eu80jpuaubz/Recordings

Offline StuStu

  • Trade Count: (40)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *****
  • Posts: 2860
  • Gender: Male
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2014, 02:22:57 PM »
It says: Dimensions/Shipping Weight   5.67" W x 1.69” H x 8.19” D, 2 lbs..
MK5, MK8, MK41, KM184D, CK77, B3 ---CMD 2U XT, KC5, KCY, AKI---KCY Tinybox, Ugly BB---AETA 4MinX, PMD661 MKII, R-26, M-10, MR-1

Offline pohaku

  • Site Supporter
  • Trade Count: (35)
  • Taperssection All-Star
  • *
  • Posts: 1090
  • Gender: Male
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2014, 02:51:14 PM »
It says: Dimensions/Shipping Weight   5.67" W x 1.69” H x 8.19” D, 2 lbs..

Yup, as I said, not a tiny box.
Mics: akg c460 (ck61, ck63), c414buls, c568eb; at4049a, 4051a, 4053a, at853; josephson c42; neumann U87, km84i; beyer m130, m160, m500; aea r84; gefell m71, mt711s, m200, m201, um70S; sony c38; schoeps cmc6, CMBI (mk4, mk21, mk41, mk4v); sennheiser mkh30, mkh40, md421, md431, md541; audix m1290
Pres: API, a-designs, pendulum, purple, millennia TD-1 and HV-32P, gt, littlebox, tinybox, usbpre2, CA 9200, pipsqueak, grace V2, DAV BG1
Cables: KCY, CMR, Naiant AKG actives, PFAs, asst.  GAKables and Darktrain
Recorders/converters/monitors: dr680, m10, dr-2d, d50, zoom f8 & F8n pro, 788T SSD CL-8, lynx aurora 8, Neumann KH20


Yeah, I'm an attorney, but everyone needs a day job

Offline ArchivalAudio

  • Trade Count: (19)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *****
  • Posts: 2891
  • Gender: Male
  • Teams Milab | MBHO | TeamVW:2011 Touareg TDI
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2015, 01:18:09 AM »
I can't find any sites that show a picture of the back or list the input/output features of the unit.

Full Compass has them for $1,080 shipped.

edit -
This page (in Japanese) shows the rear of the HV-35 (single channel preamp). My guess is the 2-channel would be somewhat similar.
http://www.miroc.co.jp/show-report/aes2014/archives/714
HP-35 Image link: http://www.miroc.co.jp/show-report/aes2014/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014AES_LA_2DayA_183.jpg

I just now opened my first print copy of Tape Op in over a year, somehow I was only getting PDF downloads, now I am back to paper- they way I like to read a magazine....
anyway I just saw this pre and I am sur eit's sweet not chap or tiny but compact and nice.
back photo here:


and on the Sweetwqater site: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HV32P they also have a 360° spin view


has  anyone tried one of these out
12-15v dc makes it doable in the field... too bad its not usb powered.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2015, 01:20:08 AM by ArchivalAudio »
~ Archival Audio ~
Archiving Worthy Music
since 1986 & digitally since 1995

https://www.facebook.com/ArchivalAudio/

Main Mics: Milab VM-44 Links • Milab DC-196's (Matched  Pair)  • MBHO KA500 or KA300 •
PreAmps:  BaybNbox  • Naiant LittleBox • Naiant [Milab VM44] TinyBox • Naiant PIPsqueak
Recorders: MixPre 10T •  Tascam DR-100 mkIII • Sony A-10 • Sony M-10 

macMini 3Ghz i7 16GB Ram 500GB SSD • MOTU UltraLite
Naiant MSH-2's •   TOA K1's • Beyer TG 153c's •  AT 853 (4.7kmod darktrain) • Countryman B3's (1 k mod)  + other assorted mics

Offline noahbickart

  • phishrabbi
  • Site Supporter
  • Trade Count: (33)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *
  • Posts: 2554
  • Gender: Male
  • So now I wander over grounds of light...
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2016, 03:41:23 PM »
I'm bumping this in the hopes of getting more info from any users.

I love my mod dr-70d setup, but external preamps might take the Schoeps tapes to the next level. The Audioroot femto is another option, of course, but Millennia's reputation precedes them.
Recording:
Capsules: Schoeps mk41v (x2), mk22 (x2), mk3 (x2), mk21 & mk8
Cables: 2x nbob KCY, 1 pair nbob actives, GAKables 10' & 20' 6-channel snakes, Darktrain 2 & 4 channel KCY and mini xlr extensions:
Preamps:    Schoeps VMS 02iub, Naiant IPA, Sound Devices Mixpre6 I
Recorders: Sound Devices Mixpre6 I, Sony PCM m10

Home Playback: Mac Mini> Mytek Brooklyn+> McIntosh MC162> Eminent Tech LFT-16; Musical Fidelity xCan v2> Hifiman HE-4XX / Beyerdynamic DT880

Office Playback: iMac> Grace m903> AKG k701 / Hifiman HE-400

Offline voltronic

  • Trade Count: (40)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *****
  • Posts: 4095
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2016, 04:24:45 PM »
I'm bumping this in the hopes of getting more info from any users.

I love my mod dr-70d setup, but external preamps might take the Schoeps tapes to the next level. The Audioroot femto is another option, of course, but Millennia's reputation precedes them.

Another good option is the SD MixPre / Shure FP-24 on eBay (and here) every so often for under $400.  But I find my modded 70D equal in quality to the FP24 preamps until I need very high gain levels, since where the 70D starts to get noisy.  But even recording 100% acoustic / classical music, I never need to go there.  The 70D is always set to MID or even LOW gain.   The FP24 only gets used when I need 6 channels going, and it's feeding into the M10.

I'm sure this Millennia is outstanding, but I think we're now getting to the point where a lot of built-in preamps are plenty good enough and externals are not needed.  If you are recording highly detailed music in a quiet hall which will allow you to hear those fine differences (i.e. not stack taping) then maybe you will hear the benefit from an external pre.  But at that highest level of performance, it would probably make more sense to have a one-box professional solution from SD, Nagra, Sonosax, etc.
I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.
- Gustav Mahler

Acoustic Recording Techniques
Team Classical
Team Line Audio
Team DPA

Offline voltronic

  • Trade Count: (40)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *****
  • Posts: 4095
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2016, 04:27:36 PM »
Here's a review of the HV-32P and also the single-channel HV-35P, with good internal shots of the PCBs:
http://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/millennia-hv-32p-hv-35p

The DAV BG1 mentioned at the end as a lower-cost alternative is a favorite of many classical people on GS.  I only see UK dealers for it, priced around £500 so quite a bit less than the HV-32P.  But it appears to be AC power only.
« Last Edit: July 14, 2016, 04:32:51 PM by voltronic »
I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.
- Gustav Mahler

Acoustic Recording Techniques
Team Classical
Team Line Audio
Team DPA

Offline F.O.Bean

  • Team Schoeps Tapir that
  • Trade Count: (126)
  • Needs to get out more...
  • *****
  • Posts: 40690
  • Gender: Male
  • Taperus Maximus
    • MediaFire Recordings
Re: New PRE Alert: Millennia HV-32P
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2016, 06:12:58 AM »
Noah, while I FN LOVE my VMS02IB, I'm not upset at ALL that I couldn't run the VMS for Phish this past Sunday! I just ran mk41>pfa>70d for PH/Syracuse, and IMO, it sounds as good as my VMS02IB probably would've! I think my mk41>70d sounds pretty good compared to Andy's mk41v>sxr4! And now that I saw you and Andy's setups from Portland, I'm jealous and now I want some 41v caps and a single bar setup lol ;D Anyway, what about a Schoeps VMS preamp if you can find one? The 02IB is smaller than the 32ub/52ub and a good bit smaller than the 5u!

I don't know what I'm trying to say? I guess I'm just trying to say that the grass isn't always greener on the other side ;) I really liked your mk22/mk3>Busman 70d stuff the most, from what you did this summer's tour, and thought it already sounded dank! That said, if you aren't happy with the way your rig sounds, then it definitely makes sense to switch things up and maybe get an external preamp 8)
Schoeps MK 4V & MK 41V ->
Schoeps 250|0 KCY's (x2) ->
Naiant +60v|Low Noise PFA's (x2) ->
DarkTrain Right Angle Stubby XLR's (x3) ->
Sound Devices MixPre-6 & MixPre-3

http://www.archive.org/bookmarks/diskobean
http://www.archive.org/bookmarks/Bean420
http://bt.etree.org/mytorrents.php
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/j9eu80jpuaubz/Recordings

 

RSS | Mobile
Page created in 0.087 seconds with 40 queries.
© 2002-2024 Taperssection.com
Powered by SMF