Topic: pre/adc upgrade ideas for 480s & jb3?

[caymanreview]

right now i run a warm mod ua5. and i like it, but i dont love it. i really hate the metering issues i have with this whole setup. and i have been thinking that i might want to run something that not everyone else is running.

need a good pre and adc reccomendations for the 480s and jb3. so i must have an optical output on the adc.

can be a one box solution or a 2 piece setup

any ideas? can be in the 500-850$ area, maybe a little higher...

Thanks

[DaryanLenz]

mini-me, v3, fmr audio rnp, mini-mp....you know the obvious ones!

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[caymanreview]

i am looking for the pre/adc combo or 2 boxes to cost under 1000

[marc0789]

there's the obvious ones, and the ones that will actually sound great with 481(3). eaa psp2 used (600), and ad500e or 1000, nowadays, you can come in under 1000 and maybe even get a 12v and breakout. And Paul Plotnik is fixing them. Sick, sick sick. Imo 480's, like 4022's, really need transformers to sound good, since they are so flat.

[caymanreview]

so this Paul Plotnik guy is fixing the apogee ad500/1000s now since apogee wont fix them anymore? so if i were to buy one of these units i wouldnt have to worry about it taking a shit and becoming a paperweight?

[Swanny]

Definitely buy the Apogee has an optical out for your JB3. Pick a pre of your choice most of the colored pres sound good with 480's.  PSP-2, Sax, should be in your range. m148 would be nice though

[goose]

a great sounding, simple set up with the 480s is: Power Supply -> Hosa transformers -> modSBM1 -> 7pin to optical cable -> jb3

[marc0789]

agreed on the 481>hosa>mod, good sounding setup, not a lot of shit to carry around. The psp2 can have internal battery cage issues, and the adk/500e....well, lyou know the issues. The mod will give you plenty of color. And you can always add an eaa, mp-2 or sax later on. The sax might be the only non-transformer input pre that might sound good with 481. Nice and warm. Or pick up a mme for 950-1000, the 481's are flat enough to cut the tub on the mme somewhat.  

[caymanreview]

the ad1000 has an optical out?

how are the pres on the ad1000? would it get me by for a month or 2 while i saved for a psp2 or a sax and actually found one used??

i dont have tons of shows lined up to tape, just a bunch of local stuff, and i do archive for a local band that is damn good!

+T's all around, you guys have been great on this thread, cant thank you guys enough!

[caymanreview]

so ive found an ad100, and all the breakout cables and stuff

still under warranty, so that means apogee has to fix it untill the warranty is up, and even if the warranty isnt transferrable the guy i am buying it from will send it back in

still need some opinions on the pres in the ad1000

almost time to post the warm mod ua5 for sale in the yard sale section, bet it goes quick!

[Nick Culbreth]

from the couple ad1k tapes i've heard w/out running a pre in front i think it sounds ok - nothing great but it i'll work until you add a pre.  might want to look into the mp2 as well, i was always pretty happy w/ my 481(3) > mp2 tapes.  

[caymanreview]

the guy im looking into on the ad100, i just bought his 483s, and he also ran the mp2 > ad1000 and said it was what he liked

it will be alot easier and cheaper to find an mp2 right now too, and i can always sell the mp2 if i were to find a psp2

thanks for the info, its exactly what he said about the pres "definantly decent but not the best out there"

im getting the ad1000, ive made my mind up

[utahtaper]

Personally I think the 480's sounded really nice with the MMe like Marc said. "Neutral enough to cut through the tub."

[caymanreview]

so wheres my mini me for sale when i need it

[F.O.Bean]

havent heard the 480's w/ this combo yet, but id LOVE to hear it.....psp-3>mme w/ the schoeps are my fav tapes, really suite sounding, i know the 480's dont have the 'color' that the schoeps do, but i think it wouldbe a sick setup that not many ppl run.....