I had them with my old mix system and sold them when I got HD. Very clean and hot is right! I never had the chance to A/B with the 192's, but my recordings have not gotten worse.
I demo'd Steve Jarvis's rental units. I have to say... they utterly blew me away. Did an A-B with our Ampex MM1200 during a tape transfer session. Abolutely loved the low-end representation.
Dave... just got a macbook pro... talk about free-basing. My fingers are a simmering this moment!
Same here. Excellent A-Ds for a good price. I use them for channels 9-16 after the Prism ADA-8 which sounds just a bit more natural tonally and slightly more detailed. Its a pretty subtle difference.
FWIW I understand that the convertors in the 90xx recorders are based on the stand-alone but not quite the same.
Silas,
what dealer did you get your genex's from?
they've been around for a while, and technology changes so fast... do you believe thier design is still current?
FWIW I understand that the convertors in the 90xx recorders are based on the stand-alone but not quite the same.
I have used my Genex 9000 with both the outboard (Genex) and the inboard converters and If there is a difference it isn't readily apparent.
Like them alot.
Sorry to have missed this for so long. The subscription feature seems to not be working for me...
I got mine from Strassberg & Assoc in NYC (212) 315-9551 and I think you may be able to get them direct from Genex in CA as well - don't know where you are located.
I think they hold up well against the new designs that I've heard although I haven't heard many recently...
To Rick:
Didn't mean to imply that they were lesser quality although I can see how my wordding would imply that. This info came from Kevin Brown at Genex in a phone discussion we had some time ago. I think he may have qualified it in a little more detail but I can't remember exactly what the differences were (or it may have gone over my head at the time). I suspect it had to do with the fact that the GXAs are a dedicated unit while the converters in the 900xx are part of a larger whole (with potentially many more channels) and therefor need to be integrated differently. I agree (and I speculate Kevin would also) that any audible difference would be extremely subtle - the ones in the 90xx series are very good as you say. I wouldn't hesitate to use either of them as I do the GXA-8.
Didn't mean to imply that they were lesser quality although I can see how my wordding would imply that. This info came from Kevin Brown at Genex in a phone discussion we had some time ago. I think he may have qualified it in a little more detail but I can't remember exactly what the differences were (or it may have gone over my head at the time). I suspect it had to do with the fact that the GXAs are a dedicated unit while the converters in the 900xx are part of a larger whole (with potentially many more channels) and therefor need to be integrated differently. I agree (and I speculate Kevin would also) that any audible difference would be extremely subtle - the ones in the 90xx series are very good as you say. I wouldn't hesitate to use either of them as I do the GXA-8.
Best,
Silas
Hi Silas,
No worries. I really didn't take your post as anything negative toward the inbuilt converters. I was just reporting my experiences and I really don't do detailed comparison tests as some do so I honestly can't say I would be the best source for any detailed analysis. I'm kinda in the camp that if something sounds good to me I concentrate on the musical issues at hand and get on with it. Anyway, the Genex converters are sounding good here and get used in the 9000 when I get a call for acoustic music remotes.
Best regards, Rick
9th June 2006
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