I was just looking at getting a decent pure sine wave inverter for field use.
Just tossing it around, I most llikely won't but, it had me thinking why not just 2 12v SLA's
the inverter and now you are not limited by EQ that is DC only.
It seems to open so much more up. Pros and cons of course.
Pro's, tube preamps maybe
Con's extra weight... extra piece of gear.(another link to break in the chain)
The inverter in itself is not more then 3 pounds.
Just everything else, like 2 12V SLA's 1 would probably work for most
shows depending on the rating and what you are pulling juice wise.
From a money standpoint, I can't see getting away from the tried and true field tested EQ everyone uses already.A good inverter and then pre's and ADC would run as much as the basic digi-mod UA5.
Unless deals are to be found. I can't find them though.
I was looking at some entry line tube pre's, then you need a ADC, and a lot of those I see
are only spdif or 1/4" no toslink, so then you need a HOSA or something. (that is if you are going the JB3 route, I am...)
So far from what I see though,least path of resistance and lots of experience from others is the V3/UA5/minime still.
Anyone know a good ADC that will go toslink out? I rather stay away from the HOSA.
Again I am most likely getting a UA5 from oade though.
But hey something to just ponder on while putting the time in at the office...