I recently recorded some quiet nature sounds with CA14 omnis > CA9200 pre > R-05. This was just screwing around, though, and I'm certainly no expert. If you'd like I can share some of it, though. I'm not sure how helpful it will be
Thanks for reply! Is it possible for you to do an experiment:
Record something quiet (like writing with pencil on paper) without pre-amp (with just a battery box if possible) with high gain 70-80 and then the same situation with pre-amp so that the loudness of these two recordings would be +- the same? The first should have a lot of hiss, the second one should have less hiss as I understand. I would like to find out how well does the pre-amp help in that situation. How well the hiss becomes non issue when recording such quiet things.
I hope you understood what I mean
I just want to find out what am I loosing in not having a pre-amp. Could somebody show me the best CA9200 (or similar pre-amp) can do to make recording better? Something like: "Take a listen! So much hiss without pre-amp, it's unbearable. And then same situation with pre-amp: that sounds much much better with it!" Or am I dreaming too much and additional pre-amp isn't capable in making some wonders?