I believe they'd be referring to SQN or Wendt production field mixers
- this would be a primary target market for Sound Devices, more so
than the more esoteric Grace stuff.
(although it would be interesting to know the size of the concert
taper market relative to the film/video production market, these
things can be surprising sometimes!)
-jeremiah
>On the sonicsense website interview re the sound devices 7 series there's
>the following dialogue:
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>
>> Let's push it further, how about compared to the high-end portable
>>pre-amps in
>> common use?
>> While this is a subjective matter, what is the parting word for now until we
>> can listen?
>>
>> You can favorably compare its preamps to [the most popular field pre-amp in
>> use], plus we exceed their specifications for distortion performance and
>> E.I.N.
>
>Anyone care to hazard a guess - or maybe know - what 'the most popular field
>pre-amp in use' might be? I use the MP2. Some recordists I know working in
>film/tv use SQN mixers. I've heard good reports of the Lunatec units. What
>other popular quality pre-amps are there out there?
>
>Regards, Geoff.
>
>Geoff Sample
>
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