« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2006, 09:48:36 PM »
Ive never heard the focusrite, but I will say I really liked my firebox best pre and ad Ive ever run under $1000
I would ask other members here what they think of Focusrite there are many users on this board that are recording engineers that work in real recording studio's they can tell you how nice Focusrite is. At the end of the day you have to listen to your ears this is just my own opinion and you know what they say about opinions
I would like to audition all this stuff, but never had the time/opportunity. I'm curious if the Focusrite is really professional quality, though, or if it is some cheaper consumer version. I'd love to hear from people who have used it though...
Richard
I have used it actually I was just mixing a friends band in the studio it was a protools rig but we also used this interface I liked it. Is it pro quality? Not exactly but for $500 Nothing is pro quality as far as I am concerned, for a preamp-usb interface. I feel the bottom line is you get what you pay for. This box is very good at what it does.
Chris Church
Great. Thanks for the info.
I really like the Presonus Firepod/Firebox. I like the sound, and the innards are solid too -- it has a discrete transistor front end and true +/- 15V supplies on the opamps (MC33079 amps I believe). This compares favourably with stuff like Edirol that runs on only +/- 5V supplies and does not have a discrete front end.
Richard
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Mics: Sennheiser MKE2002 (dummy head), Studio Projects C4, AT825 (unmodded), AT822 franken mic (x2), AT853(hc,c,sc,o), Senn. MKE2, Senn MKE40, Shure MX183/5, CA Cards, homebrew Panasonic and Transsound capsules.
Pre/ADC: Presonus Firepod & Firebox, DMIC20(x2), UA5(poorly-modded, AD8620+AD8512opamps), VX440
Recorders: Edirol R4, R09, IBM X24 laptop, NJB3(x2), HiMD(x2), MD(1).
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