David, I think that there's a constant search for the 'holy grail', and a lot
of people hope that it might turn up cheaply some time. With the advance in
recent years of sophisticated, cheap circuitry I don't think this is a
completely vain hope. It does seem extraordinary to me that you can't buy a
very good pre-amp/mixer for say a hundred pounds. It's certainly doable, but
price precedents are very difficult to fight against it seems. This is one area
that the Chinese don't seem to have gone into; very odd. I recently bought a
hifi amp from Amazon UK at a cost of ten pounds, inclusive of postage from
China! This has as part of it's circuitry the famous T2020 Tripath chip. It
runs on 12v direct current, and the sound this thing produces is extraordinary.
The unit is in my humble opinion well made with very nice damped pots which are
a joy to turn. OK, it's not by any means perfect, with none of the whistles and
bells of a more expensive product, but the END RESULT in terms of quality is
superb. Why can't this be done with pre's and mixers? If it is, and any member
knows about it, please pass on the info!
Cheers
Max
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> This thread runs and runs. I can't beleive that there is much
> difference between "pocket" recorders with mic level inputs. They are
> not going to be properly impedance matched, and the very noisy digital
> circuits are physically close to the preamps.
>
> What is needed seems to be an external quality stereo mic preamp
> feeding into the recorder line input, but from the even greater iRig
> pre correspondence I'm not sure if that is a solution either. :-)
>
> I'm spoilt as I have a (secondhand) SQN pro mixer which is a joy to
> use with fully balanced matched inputs, mic powering and inaudible
> noise even with an input attenuator in. There must be an affordable
> equivaent on the market.
>
> David
>
> David Brinicombe
> North Devon, UK
> Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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