Topic: DPA MMA6000 vs. Church Audio preamp?

[dmaster]

Since I have tested both here.. I can honestly say my preamp is as flat as the MMA6000 and my distortion figures and noise floor are the same, the main difference is the extra gain the 6000 has.. There is no compromise with my preamp being smaller. Its just a simple preamp like the 6000 is.. Nothing fancy.. But I am working on a customers 9100 with microdots he wanted the 3.0 version.. When he gets it back maybe he could do a head to head comp for you guys..

I'd be  very interested in these results.  I'm looking for a smaller preamp for my DPA 4061's and I have the MMA6000 so I don't really have an interest in getting the DPA's modded to use a different connector... and if I could get one of the UGLY preamps with the microdots and it wouldn't have a significant negative effect on stuff that would be pretty awesome.   I love the MMA, but it's freakin bulky and not ideal in certain situations.  

[Church-Audio]

Since I have tested both here.. I can honestly say my preamp is as flat as the MMA6000 and my distortion figures and noise floor are the same, the main difference is the extra gain the 6000 has.. There is no compromise with my preamp being smaller. Its just a simple preamp like the 6000 is.. Nothing fancy.. But I am working on a customers 9100 with microdots he wanted the 3.0 version.. When he gets it back maybe he could do a head to head comp for you guys..

I'd be  very interested in these results.  I'm looking for a smaller preamp for my DPA 4061's and I have the MMA6000 so I don't really have an interest in getting the DPA's modded to use a different connector... and if I could get one of the UGLY preamps with the microdots and it wouldn't have a significant negative effect on stuff that would be pretty awesome.   I love the MMA, but it's freakin bulky and not ideal in certain situations.  

If you supply the Microdots I can make the ugly with microdot connectors.

Chris

[Gutbucket]

I've been substituting CA-Ugly for MMA6000 recently with 4060's and have no complaints sonically.

[surf1div1]

Let me also add to this thread- I had Chris terminate my HEB ( Core Sound Repackage of 4061's with that added bonus of 1/2 the warranty of DPA themselves) and now have a sleeker unit. I go directly from his neutrik plug termination of the 4061 into the CA UGLY (the smaller version of the Church Audio Pre-amp)  and then into the Edirol HR09. Very small profile with exceptional sonic quality to my ears.
 

I've been substituting CA-Ugly for MMA6000 recently with 4060's and have no complaints sonically.