I found the listserv on the Metric Halo site and now I'm checking out the
archives. Yes, there's quite a stir about the preamps.
Lang
> On that other listserv, about the Metric Halo MIO box, there's been a lot of
> talk about the quietness (or relative lack thereof) of the preamps included
> with the MIO. People who are close-miking pop sessions love the sound of the
> preamps. People who are distant-miking classical music, even with hot-output
> condenser mikes, are divided about the noisiness of the pre's.
>
> I haven't heard the box yet, so this is conjecture on my part, but I'd say
> the MIO pre's are not going to be ideal with the kind of really-high-gain
> nature recordings we like to do. The Metric Halo folks say they are working
> on a solution, but haven't made clear whether it'll benefit owners of current
> boxes or whether it'll be a fix for hardware yet to come.
>
> The openness of the Metric Halo designers in talking about this with users
> has been laudatory, but it does seem like for high-gain requirements they
> recommend outboard preamps.
>
> --Flawn Williams
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