Topic: HP120 questions...with new Church pre and either church cards, mic mads or SP's

[waltmon]

I have a Rock boxed HP120 with upgraded 30GB hard-drive with external power...remote, etc.  I have primarily used as an mp3 player....and patched it analog out the rca's on my v-2 which sounded real nice.

       I'm curious what would be a decent low profile mic set up/ battery box/ etc to use in front of the HP120...and if I can optical in or not. Any info would be helpful.

         

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I have a Rock boxed HP120 with upgraded 30GB hard-drive with external power...remote, etc.  I have primarily used as an mp3 player....and patched it analog out the rca's on my v-2 which sounded real nice.

       I'm curious what would be a decent low profile mic set up/ battery box/ etc to use in front of the HP120...and if I can optical in or not. Any info would be helpful.

       

I fed my H120 an optical signal from a UA-5 for a while when I was using one.

[Hypnocracy]

V2 out into a Sony SMB1 with Optical Cable might be the ticket...

I run AKG C460b CK61 > Denecke PS/2 > Denecke AD-20 > iRiver ihp120

here is a taste...
http://www.archive.org/details/bs2011-07-04.taper

I like the sound of my old Denecke AD-20 and consider it a upgrade over the internal iRiver A/D converter...it is Optical input...with the PS/2 I can run any P48 microphone...Power is easy too...4 9v's and a 4 AA's for an all day festival rig

Not sure how low profile (you do have 3 small things instead of 1 big box) or if it is financially smart...as this is 10 year old technology and for the price of a iRiver and AD-20 you can pick up a Tascam DR-2D

[waltmon]

I already have the Iriver and was just deciding what would match well with it and if it was worth it to worry about the optical.  I was looking at the new Church Pre-amp with either the Church cards are a pair of sound Pros with the Sennheiser caps.

[jbell]

I'd get a tinybox!!  You won't be able to use optical, but it is smaller than a church pre and I like the construction alot better on the TB(Metal case).  Also an internal battery that can run for up to 40 hours in the right situations.  A set of mini mics and your good to go.

I already have the Iriver and was just deciding what would match well with it and if it was worth it to worry about the optical.  I was looking at the new Church Pre-amp with either the Church cards are a pair of sound Pros with the Sennheiser caps.

[waltmon]

Who makes mini box...and any mic recommendation with it...?

[jbell]

Tinybox is made by Jon Naiant!!  You can run lots of mics with it, I would get a KCY version and run schoeps caps.  That might cost more than you are willing to spend at the moment.  If you are looking for a cheap alternative there is a set of MM HLSC mics in the YS with the 4.7 mod.  Here is a link to the Tinybox and a set of MM HLSC 2 in the YS.  Again Jon can setup the Tinybox to run with lots of mics, just depends on what you are looking for. 

http://www.naiant.com/naiant/microphoneamplifiers.html

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=148404.0

Who makes mini box...and any mic recommendation with it...?