I'm a big fan of Grace in terms of very clean, pure gain. I have the
lunatec v2. It's a purist thing.
But I think the sound devices stuff is much better in the field;
easier to power, lots of clean gain, integral headphone amp, MS
matrix, limiter if you need it, good meters as Bernie said etc. And
it's cheaper.
my $.02
-jeremiah
>Hi all,
>
>I'm coming here via the phonography email list. I decided to join
>here and re-post this question since it's more appropriate for nature
>recording.
>
>It looks like a good mic pre is critical if attempting to record
>"quiet" sounds. What mic preamps are you using and are you happy
>with them?
>
>Some of the USB equipped mic pres look interesting but I wouldn't
>want to get something that required a computer to work.
>
>Things I'm looking for in a pre are portability, durability, ease of
>use, and battery life that lasts as long as possible (at least two
>hours), and of course, self noise that is lower than any micrphone I
>might buy (which I guess is around 5dBA).
>
>Has anyone had any experiences with the Core Sound Mic2496? It looks
>a good choice although I would like it to have a better level meter
>and a line output:
>http://www.core-sound.com/Mic2496.html
>
>The sound devices mixpre 2 also looks good. Almost $1000, well spent?
>
>Thanks,
>-Jesse
>
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>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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