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Eric Downing
 
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Default SM Pro PR8 vs PR8 II

Hi all,

I've gotta make a decision between the SM Pro PR8 and PR8 MKII (Mic
preamps). I mainly concerned that the preamps themselves are the same, the
features of the MKII are nice, but the sound quality will be the overriding
factor.

Any thoughts or experiences anyone would like to share?

Thanks,
eric


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Bob Singleton
 
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"Eric Downing" wrote in message servers.com...
Hi all,

I've gotta make a decision between the SM Pro PR8 and PR8 MKII (Mic
preamps). I mainly concerned that the preamps themselves are the same, the
features of the MKII are nice, but the sound quality will be the overriding
factor.

Any thoughts or experiences anyone would like to share?

Thanks,
eric


I have a PR8 rack, and the gain is a little wimpy (40db I think is the
spec). It works OK on drums, electric guitar, or something with a
healthy amount of gain to start with.

Sonically, they are adequate for most things, but not really demanding
high bit-rate classical. Fine for most pop type stuff.

If you are looking at that, you might look at the (flame alert...) the
Behringer 8 in a rack mic pre's for $200, street.

Bob Singleton
Singleton Productions, Inc.
http://singletonproductions.com
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I've gotta make a decision between the SM Pro PR8 and PR8 MKII (Mic
preamps). I mainly concerned that the preamps themselves are the
same, the features of the MKII are nice, but the sound quality will
be the overriding factor.


Any thoughts or experiences anyone would like to share?


The big difference between the MKII and the original PR8 are the converters
and lightpipe output that are added to the MK II. For basically the same
money and features, the Behringer ADA8000 seems like a likely alternative to
the PR8 MK II.

I have a PR-8 and a Behringer MX 882 on hand. There's no comparison in terms
of build quality - the Behringer blows the SM Pro PR-8 away every which way
but loose. For example, the Behringer uses a very cool toroid power
transformer while the SM Pro uses a hum-prone E-I type power transformer.
The off-board wiring on the Behr is cabled, plugged and nicely tacked down,
while all of the wiring on the SM Pro audio piece is loose wires, soldered
in place and the tacking completely missed the wires and is just a lot of
little balls on the circuit card. The PR-8 was delivered with output channel
pin non-operational due to a cap not having both terminals soldered.

I think its safe to presume that the ADA8000 is built similarly to the
MX882, making it my nominee for the product of choice based on build
quality. I only make an issue of this because the SM Pro audio piece is
built so miserably.

It looks to me like the Behringer ADA8000 may gain additional popularity as
a companion to the newly-announced BCA 2000 analog/digital/lightpipe USB-2
audio interface, which they claim will be available next quarter.


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