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OK Im gonna chime in about the mods now that some of the original
posters after having spouted out misinformation on this topic without out prior knowledge of the BLA mods or having used them.
Firstly , I have no idea what the 002 or 003 mods are exactly , all I know is that Mutt Lange was extremely un happy with the sound of 192's especially when the track count is so high . With some songs at count of around 130 tracks per song , the build up of the 192 sound is too hard to take . He asked first , Danny Mckinney from requisite audio to first helped out as he wired the studio , anyway , Danny worked with the guys at BLA for over 18 months trying to mod the original 192's , Mutt kept getting "cant do it , not possible " from BLA largely cos of the cheap components and clock from Digi .
They persevered and came up with the new BLA 192's . I have no idea if this is the same mod as the 002 etc , dont use em , dont know .
All I can tell u is that speaking only for the FM 192's , there is nothing even close on the market , the clock is VERY important and blows all high end clocks away , as do the converters.
This is not here say or conjecture , I'm in the middle of an Alison Krauss record that I tracked thru the BLA's . Alison did 4 weeks of overdubbing while I was back in LA . She called me , very frustrated a number of times saying she couldnt even get close to the guide vocal sound from the tracking days .
I came back to Nashville realising the only thing different in the chain was the BLA 192 and Danny's cables . Alison re recorded everything over that was done using stock 192's
You may or may not know of Alison , but apart from being on of the best female singers in the world she is very smart and knows her craft and about sound , having worked analogue for so many years , and now , not missing it.
Mutt Lange is also pretty smart for a novice and the wool cant be pulled over his eyes either .
A bunchof Nashvilles top enginers producers etc came thru the studio and heard only an a/.b of the 2 mix from the BLA's as compared to the stock crap. Everyone heard the HUGE difference and all have put in orders .
Whatever any nay sayer's says really doesn't bother me , I have real world experience with this mod and its the single biggest step forward in digital recording in a very long time . No question.
Ill invite anyone who wants to to hear em at my studio in LA . I have a spare unit also. with a large track count , the difference is amazing and so pleasing .
There just isnt anything close , the new avid units nowhere near the same .
Shipshape
ps spicemix ..... ur turn
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