Topic: Marantz I/O and Mixers... can you help me with this?

[MattinSTL]

Okay so a 660 is 1/8" mini-jack for line-in from a mixer and the 671 is RCA for line-in?

So if I want to use a MixPre with either one of these I gotta' go from XLR to mini or else RCA?

That seems crazy as hell to me... am I missing something?

Are there any digital recorders that take a line-level input as XLR?

Finally let's say I get an oade modded 660... so ALL that's left is the MIC-IN XLR inputs... but it says they don't overload until +14dbu... so does that mean that I could run it directly from the MixPre? If so then THAT is probably the route I'll take, but oade hasn't returned my emails as of yet and I'm hoping one of you guys can answer.

Thanks for your help if you can!

[bluegrass_brad]

Dont the MixPre and the FP24 have 1/8" out as well (not the heaadphone jack, but a line level out)?

[d5]

Finally let's say I get an oade modded 660... so ALL that's left is the MIC-IN XLR inputs... but it says they don't overload until +14dbu... so does that mean that I could run it directly from the MixPre? If so then THAT is probably the route I'll take, but oade hasn't returned my emails as of yet and I'm hoping one of you guys can answer.

The way Doug described the Advanced Concert Mod (ACM) to me, was that he wanted to give the XLR inputs the ability to take a SBD patch, so I would imagine you could run a mixpre in also. I'm sure Doug would be happy to discuss this with you though.

[Chuck]

Finally let's say I get an oade modded 660... so ALL that's left is the MIC-IN XLR inputs... but it says they don't overload until +14dbu... so does that mean that I could run it directly from the MixPre? If so then THAT is probably the route I'll take, but oade hasn't returned my emails as of yet and I'm hoping one of you guys can answer.

The way Doug described the Advanced Concert Mod (ACM) to me, was that he wanted to give the XLR inputs the ability to take a SBD patch, so I would imagine you could run a mixpre in also. I'm sure Doug would be happy to discuss this with you though.

This is my understanding as well. The XLR's will take a line level input on the ACM mod.

[MattinSTL]

This is my understanding as well. The XLR's will take a line level input on the ACM mod.

If that's the case then I'll be ordering an ACM 660 TOMORROW.

I don't need 24/96... but I really want a super clean recording where I can adjust levels on the fly (via a MixPre or similar)... so if the 660 with the Doug treatment meets that criteria then I'm in.

[wbrisette]

Are there any digital recorders that take a line-level input as XLR?

Sure. The SD 722/744, Deva, Cantar, Fostex PD6 all do this. I'm sure there are others I'm missing too.

Wayne

[oleg]

you can use the mini pl line input with any mixer which supply line level , if it already has  10dbv outs ( pl mini on mix pre) you can go straight forward , if you dont have these on you device , you can make 15 db attenuation cable fro m + 4dbu xlr outs
i dont see you any need to go for concert mode  at all