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Originally Posted by wavcatcher Your comparison of a Digi001 with a Digimax vs Digi002 is a tricky one without much of a winner. (IMHO). I have had in the past a Digimax, an Octopre and a Digi002 and have been on 001 based rigs quite often. I remember the Digimax converters as being better than the 001's but the 002 converters were even better still. The real problem though is in the preamps. The Digimax preamps to me are a bit noisey and muddy. The 002 preamps are a bit noisey and thin with a pronounced midrange in a not to flattering way. The Octopre had the best preamps of my shootout years ago and it was hands down better sounding than the 002 included pre's and I also preferred it over the Digimax. Unfortunatley, the Octopre still wasn't good enough for me to keep and has since been upgraded to the Ramsa/Panasonic WZ series 8 channel pre with converters which smokes either the Digimax or Octopre without question.
So I wouldn't get either of these rigs for their preamps. The 002's strength is that it is an affordable Digi firewire interface that runs up to 96k sessions. I think the converters are fine and adequate for pro use but they aren't anything remarkable. And for preamps, I personally don't like the Digimax but many people have claimed to. Personally, for preamps I would recommend you start out by adding an FMR RNP to a 002 and then add RNP's as more channels are needed. The best part of this system being that regardless of what audio interface you get the mic pre's are a solid
investment that will always be useful.
So maybe try to breakdown your interface needs from your preamp needs and re-evaluate. And don't forget, analog gear tends to remain useful far longer than digital gear. Meaning choose carefully when tying your mic-pre purchase to a digital converter purchase.
Hope this helps and as always, YMMV |
My experience exactly! I had a Digimax/001 setup but sold it and bought the Yamaha i88x and Samplitude. It is literally like night and day!