tempting man... tempting... I really wanna step up to some 4061s, and be extremely stealthy... so, those go after the MPS6010 and before the AD-20?
DPA4061 -> MPS6010 -> Shure A15A -> AD-20 -> NJB3?
yep. i did this but with a minidisc or a D8 for a year and a half.
I was looking at some pics of them - are they just 3 pin male on one end, and 3 pin female on the other end?
yep, "in-line," in the parlance of our time.
You record a lot of heavy/loud stuff-
i sure do
how was the low end on this rig? I am getting the sense that its overpowering at times...
with a straight-up power supply, no bass filter in teh chain, the low end from the 406xs will be intense, and in my experience, even with attenuators, sometimes the ad-20 will brickwall anyway. i had to get my mps modded to use it with the ad-20 happily 100% of the time.
also be prepared to handle a 12" long piece of gear with the ad-20 + attenuators + cables, unless you want the attenuators hangin' off the mps - a risky proposition because the mps does not have locking xlr connectors.
in the end, i was unsatisfied with the ad-20 setup because of:
1. the bulk: brick of ad-20 (not a big problem), tangles of cables and accessories like the attenuators, necessity for a mod to the mps (which, by the way, was totally worth it, but i digress), etc.
2. the sound
so i bought a modsbm-1 and am quite happy. definitely a step up. but the ad-20 is a titties match for the stealthjb3 and is a better match for the "at" sound... the ad-20 is a great way to improve entry-level mic tapes. it does wonders for AT831 backup tapes. but mics at the dpa level, even the little babies, will expose flaws in the unit's sound, particularly in the pesky preamp stage.
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