Topic: Anyone ever use UA5>FR-LE2?

[jadedphan]

Hey now,

looking for a preamp to run in front of a Fostex FR-LE2.  Anyone ever go analogue out of a UA5 into a le2?  It seems as though the UA5 is intended to dump digitally to a deck/comp, but it does have the 1/4" outs, right?

thanks,
-bry

[rowjimmytour]

You might want to wait and check out the test ts members Notosfast and WillS are doing at the Waybacks today. They are running a non mod and a busman mod FR-LE2 for a set each running the same pair of mics so they are going to switch decks during set break and we can hear both decks w/ two sets of mics. Should be interesting but for my $$ and listening to notsofast recordings before and after mod I think the busman mod was worth every penny but don't ake my word go over to LMA and check it out for your self

[jeromejello]

Hey now,

looking for a preamp to run in front of a Fostex FR-LE2.  Anyone ever go analogue out of a UA5 into a le2?  It seems as though the UA5 is intended to dump digitally to a deck/comp, but it does have the 1/4" outs, right?

thanks,
-bry

analogue out of the ua-5 will introduce another step in conversion of the signal.  a>d>a... there is NO passthrough on the ua-5.

[setboy]

If you ask me (which no one did) i think the stock fr2le has a better preamp than a stock UA-5

[rowjimmytour]

If you ask me (which no one did) i think the stock fr2le has a better preamp than a stock UA-5

I was going to say the same thing but I only have had a UA5 and never owned a fr2le

[Chilly Brioschi]

The FR-2LE sounds pretty good on it's own.
The UA-5 is not an improvement, even if you found a way to make it work.

A Modded FR-2LE is a beautiful thing, no other pre is really needed.

[tgakidis]

Hey now,

looking for a preamp to run in front of a Fostex FR-LE2.  Anyone ever go analogue out of a UA5 into a le2?  It seems as though the UA5 is intended to dump digitally to a deck/comp, but it does have the 1/4" outs, right?

thanks,
-bry

analogue out of the ua-5 will introduce another step in conversion of the signal.  a>d>a... there is NO passthrough on the ua-5.

I agree, you probably wouldn't want to add that extra conversion.  Typically a ua-5 digimod would only improve the sound, even with the a>d>a conversion, on some of the smaller hand held recorders (R-09, H120, DR-1, etc.) that don't have the greatest pre-amps.

[willndmb]

busman also told me he feels the fr2le mod is a better sounding mod then the ua5
i still have mine stock and like it so if the mod is an improvement then once i get the money it will be a niccccce upgrade

[Will_S]

You might want to wait and check out the test ts members Notosfast and WillS are doing at the Waybacks today. They are running a non mod and a busman mod FR-LE2 for a set each running the same pair of mics so they are going to switch decks during set break and we can hear both decks w/ two sets of mics. Should be interesting but for my $$ and listening to notsofast recordings before and after mod I think the busman mod was worth every penny but don't ake my word go over to LMA and check it out for your self

Well, we found out during soundcheck there would only be one set, so we did the best comparison we could swapping mid-song a few times then:

http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,111772.0.html

[sunjan]

looking for a preamp to run in front of a Fostex FR-LE2.  Anyone ever go analogue out of a UA5 into a le2?  It seems as though the UA5 is intended to dump digitally to a deck/comp, but it does have the 1/4" outs, right?

I thought the FR2-LE had enough amplification built-in not to require any preamp in the first place.

Your assumption is that the UA-5 amp stage is significantly better than the FR2-LE amp stage?! I'd doubt that you'd get any noticable improvement... Depends on which (if any) mod either of the units have.