Topic: So, why do you run a pre?

[Xpanding Man]

sweet bri, swisher sweet ! thanks again....where can i pick those up ?  the love shack ?

[Brian]

a fellow st. louis taper uses these: AT CP8201   i'd recomend them or any brand other than the Hosa's

do a froogle.com search.  you can find them for around 10 bucks a pop

[mhibbs]

i want your (brian) sax ! 
sax is natural, sax is fun
sax is best when it's one on one   

thanks man, i'll ask John R if he knows .... i know there's no 48V phantom power, but there is a way to adjust levels, not sure if that qualifies or not....i'm a llama

then it doesn't have preamps but has variable gain *line in*

you'll need transformers if you are going directly into your adc-20

Are we talking about the Denecke AD-20 or the Graham Patten ADC-20?  There is always confusion around the model numbers.  The Denecke actually DOES have a preamp and may in fact be fine w/ no transformers.  The Graham Patten does not have a preamp and would likely require transformers to get enough gain.  Better yet, do you know if it looks like this?  http://www.denecke.com/images/ad20.jpg


Here's a quote from Denecke on theirs...

"The AD-20 is a high quality battery operated microphone preamp coupled with a low noise 20 bit ADC. The SPDIF outputs are optical and coaxial and can drive standard consumer DAT machines or computers that accept digital audio I/O cards, such as the Zefiro ZA-2.  The main use for the AD-20 is location recording.  Most low cost DAT machines have noisy front ends and a good preamp with a higher bit converter can improve the signal to noise by up to 15dB."


Mitch

[cgrooves]

I've been pleased by using line transformers in lieu of a pre as well.  Only reason that I would want a pre, would be to warm up the sound.  The AT's are a bit bright to my ears, but I'm pleased for the most part.