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Title: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: BobW on December 20, 2004, 10:48:55 PM: I love my T-Mod FR-2, and I don't want to mess with it.

I find that I need about 12 to 24db more gain for my classical and acoustic stuff.
I'm thinking Mini-MP or V2, or possibly an MP-2 or the Shure version of it.

Anyone with any thoughts on a portable, light, clean pre that will run on 12vdc ?
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: Tim on December 20, 2004, 10:55:55 PM: I'd get the V2 no doubt about it. It's the cleanest through mic pre for our purposes at all gain stages... the mp2 is very colored and from what I understand it's sonics do not hold up at high gain levels. The Mini-Mp is cleaner but I still prefer the V2. I've used both.
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: BobW on December 20, 2004, 10:59:56 PM: So what would I expect a good, used V2 to set me back ?
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: Tim on December 20, 2004, 11:02:27 PM: $625 or so... maybe less. where do you live? I wonder if there's one local you can borrow.
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: BobW on December 20, 2004, 11:10:18 PM: Great idea ! NYC area/ North NJ

Hey what is this thing ? (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3278&item=3770123208&rd=1#ebayphotohosting)
I thought it was a suppository, but it's some form of mic preamp, Stellavox MP5 ?
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: Tim on December 20, 2004, 11:15:53 PM: Hmmm, offhand I don't have any close friends up there that still have gear to recommend you to. I'd ask here though for sure...

Ias for that ebay find... have no idea, one of the real nerds is going to have to chime in on that one :P
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: Chuck on December 22, 2004, 09:41:30 AM: For what it's worth, I've seen Doug Oade post about this subject. He prefers the Mini-Me for classical. But, YMMV...
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: heath on December 22, 2004, 10:03:51 AM: get a channel strip from an ssl9000j :P
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: BC on December 22, 2004, 01:06:54 PM: V2 all da' way.
I would say Millenia media pre but it is not a field unit.
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: BobW on December 22, 2004, 11:43:07 PM: Yeah, Neve would be nice, but impractical.

Got to have P48 and run on 12V, if the T-Mod doesn't get me all the gain that I need.
Small and light would be a huge plus.
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: Sanjay on December 23, 2004, 03:13:21 AM: I know someone selling a v2 and a mp-2 so if you want his email pm me.
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: creekfreak on December 27, 2004, 07:17:22 PM: go for the V2, doesn't get much cleaner
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: Tyler McGhee on January 03, 2005, 07:02:46 PM: buy my v2!
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: F.O.Bean on January 03, 2005, 07:06:11 PM: and its switchable to 12v in the jumpers ;)
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: creekfreak on January 03, 2005, 07:48:05 PM: we had better be careful Bean, someone might call us out as being Grace fluffers...opps, too late ;D
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: F.O.Bean on January 03, 2005, 07:52:58 PM: Quote from: creekfreak on January 03, 2005, 07:48:05 PM
we had better be careful Bean, someone might call us out as being Grace fluffers...opps, too late ;D

hey, i just want people to have the best pre/ad on the plante, ya know ;D
Title: Re: Need Clean Gain for Acoustic / Classical
Post by: creekfreak on January 04, 2005, 12:32:07 PM: Quote from: Bean on January 03, 2005, 07:52:58 PM
Quote from: creekfreak on January 03, 2005, 07:48:05 PM
we had better be careful Bean, someone might call us out as being Grace fluffers...opps, too late ;D

hey, i just want people to have the best pre/ad on the plante, ya know ;D

agreed, we know this, but some people are still in the dark....or shall I say dank? ;D