Walt:
My guess is that the preamps in the HHb are considerably better than those
in the Sony TCD-D10, which have received a number of complaints over the
years. I think you would probably gain little by using outboard preamps, bu=
t
Vicky might gain significantly because she's using a TCD-D10.
But then, who knows for sure?
I never bothered using my TCD-D10 onbaord preamps because of the criticism=
s
I read early on, plus the fact that my recorder doesn't provide phantom
power, so logically I decided to use a high quality preamp with phantom
power. Because the HHb provides phantom, and because HHb says they're using
very good preamps, I would probably use them unless I came across some well
documented studies to the contrary.
Lang
Vicki Powys wrote:
> on 15/10/02 6:29 PM, DeafinONEear at wrote:
>
> ....
> > Recording into a consumer deck using portable preamps like
>
>>the Sound Devices MP-2 and those by Grace, paired with some decent mics,
>>are going to sound ten times better than running straight into a pro deck
>>like the HHB.....
>
> So is there an advantage in using pre-amps when using a pro recorder (e=
.g.
> Sony TCD D10 DAT)?
Don't be too much of a believer in statements like that. If you rate the
MP-2 as 100% better than a consumer MD, then the HHb is only a few
percentage points below that.
The main advantage in using a external pre with the HHb is in that both
the MP-2 and the HHb can be set on the optimum gain level for quality.
This level will be a bit above what you can get with the HHb alone.
A bigger advantage of the MP-2 to me is that it can do onboard decoding
of M/S stereo to the headphones, either with or without decoding the
recorded signal.
Note unless you are using quality mics, it's probably a moot point.
Walt
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:22:49 2005
Message: 12
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 08:04:26 +1000
From: Vicki Powys <>
Subject: pre-amps
on 15/10/02 6:29 PM, DeafinONEear at wrote:
....
> Recording into a consumer deck using portable preamps like
> the Sound Devices MP-2 and those by Grace, paired with some decent mics,
> are going to sound ten times better than running straight into a pro deck
> like the HHB.....
So is there an advantage in using pre-amps when using a pro recorder (e.g.
Sony TCD D10 DAT)?
Vicki Powys
Australia
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