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Originally Posted by PMoshay  The Mic pre was designed by a notable high end gear tech out of Nashville with the intent of it being able to capture as much dynamic range as possible and as clean and accurate as possible. After talking to many of the people who would be prospective users of the MR-1000, it seemed like most people had a favorite mic pre setup that they would use in combination with the MR. The consensus was to make the pre neutral & natural so that the engineer could color the track later if desired, but capture stuff with as much dynamic range & clarity as possible and keep the MR-1000 under 50lbs and battery operated if desired.
FYI - The line inputs do not color the sound at all, what you hear is what you get. |
My experience differs. Todd Garfinkle (MA Recordings label) brought one over from Japan to have me go through it.
I found the preamp design lacking. The front end buffers for the ADC is a special JRC part, a low quality opamp with a switching function, hardly audio grade. There is no substitution for that part, it's a special pinout. Therefore the ADC section is cloudy and dark.
I had better results with the DAC. I used a BurrBrown OPA1612 opamp and removed a couple el caps, bypassed the rest. The playback is better than the record function, a non-starter for me.
The concept was good on this, but the bean counters or the technically deaf in Japan had too much influence in this product to be worthwhile for me.