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Gear / Technical Help => Battery Boxes, Preamps, Mixers, ADCs, and Processors => Topic started by: Tyler McGhee on December 23, 2004, 02:34:25 AM
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i think i'm going to get a ua-5 from the yard sale and want to know
if there is anything that will cause me grief in the future?
i will go rca out of the V2 into rca inputs on the ua-5 and optical
out to the jb3. i currently go v2 > vxpocket > laptop
and am looking to downsize to one bag. the ua-5 looks
like it'll do this for me. of course i'll have another box to power
but it'll still be lighter than an laptop and two ncharges.
thanks!
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I've done it a few times w/ no problems w/ a fellow ts.com member's V2 and my pUA5. I really couldn't tell that much of a difference between using the V2 and not using it. But I still want one, badly. :)
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the main reason i was asking is because i read somewhere
last night on the board something about the +25 levels of the V2
were too hot for the levels of the ua-5, but you didn't have any problems
with levels at all?
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No, not w/ RCAs. There might be a problem if you go w/ the XLRs.
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I ran V2>"Oadie" digi-mod UA5 >JB3 for a few shows. And compared to direct into a D8 (No UA5).
For some reason I was losing a lot of bass response when I used the UA5. Detail was improved over using the line-in on the DAT (better A/D conversion w/ UA5) but the loss of bass was terrible.
I compared this set up to a V3 and immediately bought the V3. Then sold the V2 and UA5. V3 sounded incredible in comparison. Huge differenvce. Selling the V2 and UA5 gave me about $900 towards the V3. Another $2-300 and you have a V3! They sell used for $1200 often. I split the signal with a HOSA coax to optical splitter into the JB3.
To answer your original question. Like the guy said before me, NO PROBLEM running RCA V2>UA5.
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I've always been toying with the idea of a V3, maybe i should just go ahead and do it,
one box to power would be much nicer, fo sho.
thanks for the info fellas.
+t to all!
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ive been thru alot of gear (tho ive never ran V2 > ua5) but the v3 purchase is one that ive never second guessed. once i got the optical mod ive never looked back
buy one new if you will want to have the optical mod, i ended up paying as much for a used one after i payed for the optical mod as i would ahve gotten a new opti mod for
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ive also never been happier w/ my tapes than going 480>v3, the opti mod is def the icing on the cake 8)
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For some reason I was losing a lot of bass response when I used the UA5. Detail was improved over using the line-in on the DAT (better A/D conversion w/ UA5) but the loss of bass was terrible.
Did you ever track down the root cause of the problem?
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I ran Jef-o's V2 infront of my Pmod UA5 last night at Hooka 2nd set. Nak's>V2>PmodUA5>JB3. Through the XLR's of the UA5. UA5 levels turned all the way down. I think it really made it sound a little bit more tight.