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Gear / Technical Help => Battery Boxes, Preamps, Mixers, ADCs, and Processors => Topic started by: DaryanLenz on December 07, 2002, 11:07:45 PM
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So I was thinking about putting a mp2 in front of the ad1k to go with my mbho's? Any thoughts about whether the difference would be a noticeable improvement in sound?
Thanks
Daryan
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hard to say with the MBHOs...best thing to do is try it out...
only you can be the final judge...
fellow Wisco Taper ran MBHOs> MP-2> AD2K for a couple years...
can't say it was ever my favorite setup, but it's all up to personal opinion anyway...
i run MP-2 in front of my MME, but that's with Neumann 140s...
may be a totally different deal with 1K and MBHOs...
TRY IT!...
8)
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When you test it, make sure to change the dipswitches... you want to turn off the pre in the adk completely to do an accurate test.
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I ran an MP-2-->SBM-1 with my MBHO's (before I got my schoeps). The mp-2 can add some nice warmth to a recording, but I found the bottom end to be sloppy, a lot of people like the transformer sound of the mop-2
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here we go again jonny. V2>AD1000, best combo out there right now. dont let jonny tell you any different. HAHA a pre in front of the 1000 is nice but i dont know if the mp2 is the right choice. might make it a bit sloppy, and boomy. get a V2. i agree with creekfreak on the slop factor.
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Let me clarify ry's remark about the v2... ive listened to a shit ton of tapes now with v2's in em. i dislike small diaphragm neumanns with the v2. I know nothin about hte mbhos :-)
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The Mbho's are very good mics for the money, great clarity and very clean highs, not much on the low end hence the reason I got rid of them and upgraded to some schoeps, same upper end clarity with warm, detailed bass. I ran my V2 with the MBHO's, sounded nice when combined with my modsbm-1. But right now my schoeps and mini-me sound pretty damn good.
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here we go again jonny. V2>AD1000, best combo out there right now. dont let jonny tell you any different. HAHA a pre in front of the 1000 is nice but i dont know if the mp2 is the right choice. might make it a bit sloppy, and boomy. get a V2. i agree with creekfreak on the slop factor.
definately can't agree with V2> AD1K as best goin' right now...
shit son, you ain't even in 24 Bit-land yet!...=)
just kiddin'...
what mics ya runnin' with V2> 1K phriendly?...
also havta agree with jonny...not a fan of V2 w/ small diaphram Neumanns...they need a lil help "warmth wise" to bring out that Neumann sound...
hence the reason i run MP-2 in front of MME...
and a Heads Up:
PACKERS are gettin' SPANKED!...
just too bad it's the Vikes doin' it not Da Bears... :'(
only end of 3rd Qtr though...
plenty of time for Favre to wake up...hehe...
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the packers really arent that good, its just they play in a division of shitty teams... ok back to crying over my chargers
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runnin the 140s hippies. thats why jonny and i always disagree on that subject. love the sound. we did do a 140>V3 @2448>G3 the other night, but its all so good sounding now, i dont know whats best. just representing team neumann.
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I am working on making a 2 channel mic pre using 2 Neve 33114s. Althought they are 24v, I am trying to make a system to power them off 1 12v. It's gonna be a big thing to lug, but will be interesting to put infront of the 1000 ro for m home studio!
bri
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Bri, dont you have a job? Oh and the answer when you ask that back to me is... no :-)
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t34M Schoeps is a full time job! I'd love to here the 140's through these!
Bri
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to bring this back to topic, what do you think the mbhos would sound like through this?
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runnin the 140s hippies. thats why jonny and i always disagree on that subject. love the sound. we did do a 140>V3 @2448>G3 the other night, but its all so good sounding now, i dont know whats best. just representing team neumann.
right on phriendly...Team Neumann it is...although i see we may be losing an Alum?...take a look over on the Yard Sale board...
well, at least he's not buying Shempz...hehe...
8)
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ill always be a fan of the neumanns. and its not like im dying!
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So anyway, has anyone actually, well here at least, run MBHO's with an mp2? I think I need a little umph in my low end, so that was why I was asking about a transformer based pre! Please don't suggest I get different mics either, I love what I got...or at least until I get score a pair of u89's!
Daryan
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i think jonnys a fool for doing so, i would take out a loan before i sold my gear. shit i'll sell a kidney. how about a good wife, anyone want her? just kidding. props to jonny for going after what he wants at all cost.
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I ran MBHO's with an Mp-2. The MBHO's really don't have much bass and what they did have was made even more sloppy by the mp-2. Don't look for the mp-2 to give you better bass with the MBHO's.
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I have a good sample for you're if interested.
SCI 2/19/00 Denver Fillmore
Set I 603a/200>V2>1000 and set II Schoeps 64v>same.
I have another copy of the show from the same mic stand with the same mics into an MP-2/adc-20
These make for an interesting listen although there is no perfect a/b comparison in the little less.
Happy Recording Everybody!
Marc