Hey everyone, thanks for all the input! Individual replies:
Scott: This is why I posted the conversation here - I saved the conversation for you guys to pick apart.
Yeah, having his DPAs powered poorly was the only thing I could think of that could cause his SPL problem. And maybe someday I'll go the Scheops/Team Neumann/bigger DPA route, but for now, I need to keep things concealed. Hence the 4060 series.
Trust my ears, yeah! I DO like the DPA sound - nice and clean and accurate. I WILL do what feels/sounds right. Damn right I will!
Thanks, man...
Mike: I totally "hear" ya on that one (hehe). I always, always wear earplugs and at some shows I hold my ears as closed as I can... see, my dad and an uncle both have tinnitus, and lemme tell ya, that scares the living hell out of me. I'm pretty careful for an 18 year old punk-ass.
And I'm presently trying to plan how to configure the mic end. I dig the AD-20 I'm using right now quite a bit for several reasons, the most important being its all-in-oneness: pretty nice A/D, preamp, small enough, and cheap!
Schwilly: Haha! You know me better than that! "Total fuckface" indeed. I wasn't seeking Mike's advice (except about matched caps), I was asking him why the hell he had the problems that he did. I was listening politely for the rest of it. And yes, all of Brad's 2002 FOB recordings are excellent, as are Ed's FOSes.
Marc: I'm wary, too - again, another reason why I posted this. Perhaps Mike's problem was due to buying from a Canadian DPA bootlegger. Ha ha!
Authorized DPA dealer, eh? My purchase may be a ways away, but do you guys have URL? And how long is that clearance expected to last?
Scott again: New, hell yeah!
Buying new has served me well enough this far. So you have two PS-1s? THANKS very much for the offer! I just might take you up on that - might. And I just might have to dip into the savings again... urrr... stupid taping/not ever being satisfied!!
Whew, ok. Here's what I've got right now:
Core Sound Binaurals (w/ switchable filter box & generic miniplug/2XLR adapter, whatever Core Sound sold me)
Two Shure A15AS switchable attenuators (new & cheap from Daryan, thanks man!)
Denecke AD-20 (w/ low-z XLR mic ins - I saw someone selling an Inbox that he said had "Hi Z" inputs, sounded a little weird to me)
Sony MZ-R700 (it'll have to do for now)
So OK, the question! What would be the best COMPACT and STEALTHY way to juice up some 4061s and run 'em into my AD-20? (The Shures hanging off the Inbox + XLR into the Shures makes a 12.5" long monster that is as big as I can go! I want to stay low-profile, and although I pride myself on meing able to "crotch in" anything up to/including the the size of a SCUD missile, I don't want to push it more than I am, ya know?)
Thanks so much!!!
+tickets for everyone!!!
Armen