Topic: new pre from apogee

[DaryanLenz]

http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/minimp.php

[jpschust]

honestly, id never buy a pure pre from apogee.  thats just not what they are good at, just as id never buy a pure a/d from grace.  but this goes purely on my studio work.  

edit to add: after my initial experience with my mini-me im pretty adverse to buying anything apogee makes.

[Kevin]

honestly, id never buy a pure pre from apogee.  thats just not what they are good at, just as id never buy a pure a/d from grace.  but this goes purely on my studio work.  

edit to add: after my initial experience with my mini-me im pretty adverse to buying anything apogee makes.

why whats wrong with your minime?

[jpschust]

i had one of the minimes that burned up

[Kevin]

dam thats fucked up, sorry to hear that, did they at least replace it? (was it under warranty)

[Matt Quinn]

Any ideas on what that thing will go for?

[DaryanLenz]

The only reason the apogee burns up is a reversal in polarity caused by pro-digital cables from what Gary told me!!!  The mini-me doesn't run hot at all.  I would guess a 600-800 price tag, but who really knows.  I will be interested to see what it sounds like!

Daryan

[cpclark]

so what your saying is pro-digital cables make apogee products run hot, well im fucked then, b/c i hve pro-dig modified sony cable.

[DaryanLenz]

No, what I was saying is that all of the trouble with the mini-me burning up was due to pro-dig cables.  You should be fine with all of their other cables.  

Daryan

[cpclark]

thanks daryan, got a little scared that my 165 dollar cable will blow up my ad500e

[creekfreak]

No, what I was saying is that all of the trouble with the mini-me burning up was due to pro-dig cables.  You should be fine with all of their other cables.  

Daryan

hmmmm...I don't think we will ever know what happened. I used a pro-dig cable with my mini-me with no problems. Apogee points the finger at  pro dig, pro dig points the finger at apogee.

[scb]

pro digital cable is what caused left channel spikes on my minime

[jpschust]

i have a very very hard time believing that honestly.  i really just think it was gary covering apogee's ass, but thats just my opinion, not based upon fact.  and yes they replaced it as they should have

[danmorgan]

It's the connector on the Pro-Dig cable that may not fit properly into the MMe DC-input that cause a few people problems (Scott and Jonny, and some others).

The MMe doesn't run nearly as hot as the AD500, and nowhere nearly as hot as the ADK.  The ADK is one hot running muthafucka'

[scb]

>>i have a very very hard time believing that honestly.  i really just think it was gary covering apogee's ass, but thats just my opinion, not based upon fact.<<

was that in response to me?

my minime shipped without a power cable, so I hacked the AC adapter and put a 4 pin xlr on that.  I used that without a problem

then I was shipped a power cable from the retailer I bought the unit from, and I started using that.  For *every* show that I used that cable at, I had a weird spiking issue in the left channel.  When i ditched that cable and went back to the hacked ac adapter cable, i had no problems

before I sold the minime, I plugged that screwed up cable into the minime, and sure enough, left channel spiking...