Nic Caudle and I were taping last night and we were talking about running his MP-2 in front of my UA5. And we were wondering how all that would work.
Did a search here and found this thread...
But I still have a few questions, of any folks that run any kind of preamp in front of their UA5:
1) Is the UA5s own pre-amp work for both the XLR and 1/4" inputs on the front? If so, wouldn't running a pre into that input just run the signal through the UA5s pre, basically "fouling" the original pre-amped signal??? Wouldn't there be too much gain going into the AD, with 2 preamps running???
2) I think I already know the answer to my first question, and that is yeah, yeah, and yeah... Not the way to run a pre-amp in front of the UA5... Which bring me to my second question: Running the pre-amp into the rear RCA inputs on the back, that must be the way to go, right???
3) If this is correct, how should I be thinking about setting my levels with both gain on the MP2 and the volume know on the UA5??? Should the UA5 be set to zero and then use the MP2 for gain? Or a the other way around, or perhaps a balance between the two???
Thanks for any help!!!
Terry