but the dmics are cheap, and for 50 or so more dollars, he could snatch the hosa odl-276 coax><optical box
It would appear that the Graham Patten DMIC-20 has been superseded by the DMIC-24 (only 48 not 96) but it certainly doesn't seem cheap, here in the UK the distibutor is selling for £610 ($1020), I can't find any US websites quoting prices.
Even in the Yard Sale the last one with a price was $450 (although it had had $100 worth of mods).
If there are bargins out there on the DMIC-20 would you mind posting a link, otherwise jimi56 I think you're going to end up getting a UA-5 for your $200.
actually, i havent seen many dmic-20's for sale here, when i sold mine in jan/feb 2004, it was only like 225 or 250 is what i sold it for, nowadays, if you could find a used dmic-20, i bet it would only be 150-200 MAX
digi-mod ua5 def may be the way to go, i was just throwing out an overlooked pre/ad