Just picked up a PS-2, and was hoping to go lower profile than with my normal UA-5 > M1 setup. I did a quick comparison taping my stereo and here's what I found.
-1 db peak, UA-5 with gain at 3:00 setting (usual setting, never less than 1:00 setting for shows I tape)
-18 db peak, PS-2 > line in on M1, volume knob at 10
-1 db peak, PS-2 > mic-in on M1, volume knob at 5-6
Is there a good reason not to go mic-in? Is the M1 mic-pre noisier than going line in? Is it possible to brickwall (test tape I made sounded fine)? Would line transformers (or ideally an SBM-1) be the better sounding solution?