whats everyones take on a Graham Patten D-MIC20 ?
I agree with Jamie and Armen's take on the AD-20. Nice box, minor flaws.
Any pre/ADC at that price will have minor flaws. And yeah, sure would be nice if they removed the pre - a small, portable,
stealthable ADC if I ever saw one!
To my ears, the GP DMIC-20 and ADC-20 both have very nice detail and instrument separation - better detail than anything else in its price range that I've heard. But, at the same time, they're very "digital" sounding to me, a little edgy and artificial. (This is difficult for me to put it into words, obviously, maybe I should go back and re-listen to some of those recordings).
I actually prefer the M1/D100 ADC to the GP DMIC-20 or ADC-20. But there are lots of folks who really like the GP pre/ADC.