Are SCA T15's a significant upgrade from Octane preamps?

[Digital Black]

Bueller?

[doulos24]

try one and see

[Digital Black]

If you want to buy and build it for me, I'd be more than happy to.

Anyone have better advice than Captain Obvious?

[hossman777]

Originally Posted by Digital Black

Anyone have better advice than Captain Obvious?

Ha ha! That's funny!

I'm curious to know too. I'm planning on purchasing a Profire 2626 in the spring, and want to build out 8 channels of SCA shortly after I buy the 2626.

[Theo Desktop]

If you just pop in t15 and do a search you'll find that the t15 gets some definite praise as being a much better pre than the onboard pre's in most prosumer interfaces. It's said to be very quiet, clean, and with plenty of headroom. Some were even comparing it to the DAV BG-1.

I'm looking to get into the SCA stuff and this will be the first pre I build to get my feet wet before jumping into the more complex transformer based pre's. $399 plus shipping to get into the SCA stuff is pretty reasonable, IMO.

Theo

[Theo Desktop]

One thing I will add, though, is that the Octane pre's are actually pretty decent. There is certain M-Audio gear that I don't like, but I will say that the Octane and the DMP3 are quality pre's (I believe they are the same, but I might be mistaken).

So, based on the description of the t15, they might be pretty comparable.

Theo

[ghetto3jon]

T15s are great. check this out if you want to see how they hold up to your A12s:

Seventh Circle Audio :: View topic - T15 & A12 (sound samples included)

[erosconpollo]

Originally Posted by Theo Desktop

I will say that the Octane and the DMP3 are quality pre's (I believe they are the same, but I might be mistaken).

So, based on the description of the t15, they might be pretty comparable.

Theo

My understanding is that the Octane is more closely related to the Audio Buddy preamp. It offers decidedly less gain than the DMP3 (but they have a familial resemblance, sound-wise).

[trevjonez]

Did you end up getting the t15's? Im thinking of upgrading from 2626 pre's to a bunch of the t15's.

Thanks,

Trevor Jones

[bicasaur]

I don't have the SCA, but I have the 2626 and I can tell you that there is quite a lot of room for improvement. I've upgraded to more specialized pre's and conversion, and I just use the 2626 to lightpipe it all in and out of the computer. I love the 2626's software mixer, so for now it stays in my workflow. I bet that the difference between the Profire's pre and the SCA will be very noticeable to you, and you'll be very happy with it. SCA has a great reputation.

[jdier]

I have a T15 and am in Milwaukee. If you ever get up this way, I would lend it to you for a week or so for you to check out. (or, if you wanted to pay shipping both ways, I would ship it to you.)

If you have ever used an FMR RNP and liked it, I think you would like the T15. For me the C84 was a bit clearer/cleaner/more detailed. But the T15 gets her done.