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Title: Anyone tried running this pre/adc in the field?
Post by: muj on May 05, 2008, 02:40:07 PM

howdy

http://www.audient.com/audient/files/MiCO_2pp_Leaflet_27sept-web.pdf

Title: Re: Anyone tried running this pre/adc in the field?
Post by: johnw on June 27, 2008, 09:34:09 AM

Interesting. Retails for $950-1100 and has a nice layout. Looks like it just does 24 bit up to 96. 10-16V DC. Not sure if I would have any use for harmonic sculpting or adjusting the second channel phase though.

Title: Re: Anyone tried running this pre/adc in the field?
Post by: sunjan on June 27, 2008, 12:14:12 PM

Quote from: johnw on June 27, 2008, 09:34:09 AM

Interesting. Retails for $950-1100 and has a nice layout. Looks like it just does 24 bit up to 96. 10-16V DC.

You can get it for a lot cheaper from UK:
http://www.inta-audio.com/pp/Studio_Outboard/Channel_Strips_and_Pre_Amps/Audient_MiCO_Dual_Mic_Pre_Amp.html

Retails for GBP400, which works out to less than $700 if you exclude the VAT (which I assume you can do outside the EU?).
I don't know why all the US sellers have such huge overheads on this particular product?

Still, there is plenty of competition at this pricepoint, from preams that are proven and have in-the-field powering from scratch.
Unless the sound is stellar, I'll stick to my lowly UA-5 W-mod :-)