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Originally Posted by Bobalou  A few years ago a hot combo around here regarding price and quality was pairing up the Lucid ad9624 and an RNP around $1300.00ish for a quality 2 channel mic pre ad converter
the other unit wich was in the same price range was the Apogee MiniMe (2channel pre/converter) it was going for around $1350.00ish. I recall the Lucid/FMR combo were paired up as the alternative anti-Apogee choice.
I wonder how the Black Lion combo of its Auteur ($450.00) and the Sparrow($650.00) in current technology would stack up to the above combo's quality?
(with both the minime and the lucid found used for much less than the prices from a few years back, i wonder what the sonic difference in the converter quality the Lucid.Apogee would compare to the Sparrow?? |
if you're really looking at 2 channel preamp-a/d combos look at a used legacy ULN-2 (non 2d). These go for $750-$900. you get two of the absolute cleanest preamps south of $2000, plus 2 ch. a/d and 4ch. d/a.
I was looking at supplementing my 2882 with the auteur but i think i'm better off just finding a second hand ULN-2. I used to own one but sold it once i didn't have the need, now i have the need again.