** Grace Lunatec V3 vs Naiant littlekit (INA111) pre-amp comparison **
Source (AUD): AKG C 480 B comb/ CK61-ULS > Segue Dogstar cables > splitter feeding (2) iRiver recorders.
Microphone configuration: DINa, center, 7' up
The exact same pair of microphones were feeding both pre-amps and were split with a passive microphone splitter cable.
Phantom power was turned OFF on the V3.
48v phantom power was turned ON on the littlekit.
Two iRiver iHP-1x0 recorders were the bit buckets.
The analog files(s) were recorded LINE OUT from the V3 & littlekit pre-amps to iRiver recorders set at 0 gain.
The digital file(s) were recorded OPTICAL OUT from the V3 to an iRiver recorder at 44.1kHz, 16 bit, stereo.
These are the raw files exactly as I recorded them, with no post editing or processing done.
I tried to get the best levels and balance set in the field.
File01.wav
File02.wav
File03.wav
File04.wav
Each of the audio files are one of these configurations:
mics > V3 *analog out* > iRiver
mics > V3 *digital out* > iRiver
mics > littlekit *analog out* > iRiver
Notes on the Naiant pre-amp...
My littlekit pre-amp is a little different than the littlebox pre-amps Jon is selling now.
The pre-amp is powered with (5) 9v NiMH batterys. So, there are no DC converters used to power the instrumention amps. The (5) 9v batteries also supply 48v DC phantom power to the microphones without DC conversion. My littlekit pre-amp has the Burr Brown INA111 instrumention amp chips in it. Download the file
V3_littlekit comp.zip here:
http://www.filesavr.com/v3littlekitcompThanks to ToddR for advice and doing this similiar comparison:
http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,124895.0.htmlI'll give it a few days before revealing the identities of the files on this thread.
edit to add photo
Don't go past page 1, if you want to listen to the files unbiased...