Hi Jez, Andrew,
When I ordered Nagra LB from B&H I also ordered Grace Lunatec and the guy
suggested against getting GL preamp. He said it would not make any difference.
When I got my SD788t, the distributor discouraged against 302 mixer because the
mixer in SD 7 series is as good as 302 mixer. I will the demo of SD when they
come to San Francisco in November but it is ways down the road. Me too, if SD
302 makes ad difference then I will add it to my system.
Hope there is more information on the subject.
Munir.
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On Apr 17, 2012, at 3:26 PM, "andrewrileysound" <> wrote:
> Hi Jez,
>
> 1) Theoretically you could get an extra 18dB of gain on the line level output
> from the 302 but I think they have a slightly lower gain than the pres built
> into the 7 series recorders. I just did a quick subjective test using my
> Mixpre (original issue :) ) into my 744 and I couldn't discern an advantage
> to the gain staging suggested.
>
> 2) As far as I'm aware they are the same pre-amps as were in the old Mixpre
> and are still listed as using Lundahl transformers on the input.
>
> Have you looked at/tried the Grace Lunatec? It would be great to know how
> that compares to the SD stuff, on paper it looks amazing!
>
> Cheers
>
> --- In "Jez" <> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have some simple questions if folks could give me some feedback please.
> > Not sure why i've not got round to doing this kind of comparison before now
> > - i've had plenty of field mixers on hand over the years !
> >
> > my questions are:
> >
> > 1) do you get any extra gain from attaching a SD 302 mixer to a 7 series
> > recorder ? ie. with the same microphones plugged in do you get a higher
> > level through the 302 into the recorder than you can get just going into
> > the 7 series recorder & is it quieter that way than whacking the gain on
> > the recorder up higher ?
> >
> > 2) are pre-amps / stages in the 302 analogue (like the old mixpre) ?
> >
> > i'm looking into adding a field mixer to my kit again & looking at various
> > different models. The SD website has the frustrating habit of not doing
> > like-for-like spec sheets & also, though i've searched all over the net, I
> > can't find any reports on this kind of simple test.
> >
> > ta !
> >
>
>
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