Check the taperssection.com 'yard sale' section. They pop up every
once in a while.
Danny
--- In "David Michael"
<> wrote:
>
> This reminds me. Does anyone on list know where I could get my hands
> on a Sound Devices MP-2?
>
> Cheers
> David
>
>
> On 5/24/07, geopaul7 <> wrote:
> > --- In "lightb4sound" <brucie@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > A current idea is to get an excellent
> > > preamp as a front end to either a new Hi-MD or something like FR2LE,
> > > or even my current R-09. Currently thinking along the lines of the
> > > SoundDevices Mixpre or the 302. This means that I would have a great
> > > preamp section and could be more flexible in the future when newer
> > > devices come out (which the will do as soon as I buy a recorder!) I
> > > have learnt my lessons the hard way in the past and only want to
> > > invest in quality gear.
> > >
> > > My question is....has anyone tried this? What are the results like?
> >
> >
> > Neil:
> >
> > I currently do something like that. I have a Sound Devices MP-2,
which I
> > put in front of a
> > Sony portable DAT. I am probably the only person on this list who
still
> > uses a DAT.
> >
> > I think the bottom line is that neither the pre-amp, nor the DAT,
is the
> > limiting factor in
> > the system. This is the mic. I could probably go up to the top
of the line
> > in mics and still
> > not see any limitation from an excellent pre-amp/ antique
recording device
> > system.
> >
> > I currently am planning on getting a Sound Devices 722, but may
get new mics
> > first.
> >
> > I think what you are planning is basically sound, if you can put
up with the
> > other
> > characteristics of the recording device, like in my case, the slow
transfer
> > of file from the
> > tape, and the fact that tape is used at all.
> >
> > GP
> >
> >
> >
> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
Krause
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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