Just to update this topic....
Today I ordered the Marantz PMD-660 (Oade Basic Concert Mod). Doug was as patient
and helpful as could be, and I should have this baby in hand on Friday.
Many thanks for all the extremely helpful information posted in this topic. This board rocks.
Finally, got this rig out tonight. Graham Parker with a 5-piece rock band in the Knitting
Factory. The DPA's are beautiful. The BCM, not. This kind of setting was a nice test
for the rig, and it can't handle the high volume/small club/upfront setting. There is significant
clipping/crackling/distortion at the higher volumes (levels are fine), which means to me that
the BCM pre-amp doesn't have enough head room to handle a hot signal from powerful mics
like the 4021's.
I've sent an email to Doug about "upgrading" to the ACM. I really hope that the ACM
solves the problem, because otherwise I'm going to have to go back to the
DPAs>preamp>MT scenario that I had avoided for a more streamlined approach.
I'm going to do a DPA 4021 > Apogee Mini-me > MT (non-stealth) set-up in a small
club (more acoustic act) this Sunday to give the DPAs another test run.