"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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Ben Hanson wrote:
I got my hands on a mic pre that uses the Neutrik Combo connector for
inputs. While this is handy for using either 1/4" or XLR cables, just
from
looking at it it seems like there would possibly be some mating problems,
as
compared to traditional 1/4" and XLR connectors. Has anyone had good or
bad
experiences with these connectors?

I've been very happy with them. They don't look like they would be all
that secure, but when they first came out I put a bunch of them on the
field console I use for broadcast submixes, and they really held up well.

On another note, I have the opportunity to pick up a lower end mic pre to
use in a project studio. Mics are pretty good, Rode NT1a and NT2
condensers.
I have heard some good things about the Presonus BlueTube and DigiTube
mic
pre's, but from what research I have done on here and Google it seems
that
the Symetrix 302 is almost universally agreed upon as an excellent
inexpensive mic pre, better than anything comparable in the ~$300 price
range, including anything by Behringer, ART, PreSonus, and at least as
good
or better than the pre's in the Mackie 1202 and the JoeMeek 3Q. Can
anyone
comment on this assessment?

The older Symetrix 202 sounds better than the newer 302, and can be
modified
to sound still better.

Event Electronics made something called the MP-1 for a while. They had
some
serious manufacturing problems, and there are a lot of bad ones out there.
If you have good soldering skills, most of them clean up nicely with a
resoldering job.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."


Hi Scott. I have heard this about the Symetrix 202 vs. 302, is it because if
the 2017 (or 2107, etc.) change? Isn't that a transistor of some sort? Don't
recall all that I have read about the issues. I wonder if you can mod the
3023 to make it better as well.

How would you quantify the differences? Would the 302 still be considered
top of the field in that price range despite these issues? I have not had
the chance to listen to either of the Symetrix units yet.

-Ben