Lorde wrote:
Has anyone used or heard anything about the Presonus Eureka yet? I
am
probably going to get the FMR RNP/RNC combo, but was wondering if the
Eureka compares at all?

I've been using a Presonus Eureka for about a month now. I A/Bd it with
an Avalon 737SP and what can I say....it's 1/4 the price and almost
just as good results...well at least to my ears. The compressor is a
little weak, but there are a lot of knobs to play with and you can hear
a difference when you mess with all of them. The EQ is very nice even
though the highs tend to distort the sound when you put them up too
much. The preamp is high quality and the over all unit is quite
exceptional. I also like the classy look...VU meter..blue
lights....metalic design...very impressive. At around $499 for a brand
new one, you can't go wrong. The last time I checked, just the RNP was
going for about the same price and then you have to buy the RNC for
compression. I posted two really long messages just a month ago about
how I couldn't get that perfect sound....well the Eureka got me pretty
close to it. I run the Eureka into a Mackie 1202 VLZ mixer for a little
more gain and EQ and then into my computer with an m-audio interface.
Works great for me...if you're on a budget, try just the Mackie
1202VLZ...I used the preamp and eq for quite a while and it never let
me down...the Eureka just made it even better.

In article .com writes:

I've been using a Presonus Eureka for about a month now. I A/Bd it with
an Avalon 737SP and what can I say....it's 1/4 the price and almost
just as good results...well at least to my ears. The compressor is a
little weak, but there are a lot of knobs to play with and you can hear
a difference when you mess with all of them.

This is probably the most important thing. When you buy something that
has knobs that make it more than a straight box of gain, if you can't
hear what they do, no point in having them. The question is whether
you can hear them do "a little" and not have to get a drastic (and
often undesirable) effect before turning a knob matters. I've seen
units like that.


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www.HassanAnsari.com - Teen Prodigy wrote:

I've been using a Presonus Eureka for about a month now. I A/Bd it with
an Avalon 737SP and what can I say....it's 1/4 the price and almost
just as good results...well at least to my ears.

You may have just found the answer to a lot of the questions you've posted
recently.


l run the Eureka into a Mackie 1202 VLZ mixer for a little
more gain and EQ and then into my computer with an m-audio interface.
Works great for me...

Yep.

I've been using a Presonus Eureka for about a month now. I A/Bd it with
an Avalon 737SP and what can I say....it's 1/4 the price and almost
just as good results...well at least to my ears.

This tends to agree with all the online and magazine reviews I have read.

The compressor is a
little weak,

This tends to go completely against all the online and magazine reviews I
have read.

but there are a lot of knobs to play with and you can hear
a difference when you mess with all of them. The EQ is very nice even
though the highs tend to distort the sound when you put them up too
much.

Wouldn't that happen with any EQ when you put them up "TOO MUCH" ??

I bet this unit will distort if you overdrive the input too.

The preamp is high quality and the over all unit is quite
exceptional.

I thought you said the compressor is weak?

I also like the classy look...VU meter..blue
lights....metalic design...very impressive.

Exactly what most people look for first in such a unit. Because when the
people hear the end result of a recording, what the mic processor looked
like in the studio is really going to effect the overall sound.

At around $499 for a brand
new one, you can't go wrong.

Especially since you get a $200 Analog to Digital output card for FREE if
you buy the unit before the end of the month. So it was really $700,
and you can get it for a few days yet for $500.

The last time I checked, just the RNP was
going for about the same price and then you have to buy the RNC for
compression.

What about the RNY and the RNX?

Subject: Presonus Eureka....junk or not?
From: Truth
Date: 12/26/04 7:02 PM Mountain Standard Time
Message-id:

I've been using a Presonus Eureka for about a month now. I A/Bd it with
an Avalon 737SP and what can I say....it's 1/4 the price and almost
just as good results...well at least to my ears.

This tends to agree with all the online and magazine reviews I have read.

The compressor is a
little weak,

This tends to go completely against all the online and magazine reviews I
have read.

but there are a lot of knobs to play with and you can hear
a difference when you mess with all of them. The EQ is very nice even
though the highs tend to distort the sound when you put them up too
much.

Wouldn't that happen with any EQ when you put them up "TOO MUCH" ??

I bet this unit will distort if you overdrive the input too.

The preamp is high quality and the over all unit is quite
exceptional.

I thought you said the compressor is weak?

I also like the classy look...VU meter..blue
lights....metalic design...very impressive.

Exactly what most people look for first in such a unit. Because when the
people hear the end result of a recording, what the mic processor looked
like in the studio is really going to effect the overall sound.

At around $499 for a brand
new one, you can't go wrong.

Especially since you get a $200 Analog to Digital output card for FREE if
you buy the unit before the end of the month. So it was really $700,
and you can get it for a few days yet for $500.

The last time I checked, just the RNP was
going for about the same price and then you have to buy the RNC for
compression.

What about the RNY and the RNX?


JEEEZZZ Yenc, You did it again.
Keep it up these are good!
ROFLMAO
Richard H. Kuschel
"I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty

Buster Mudd wrote:
(Mike Rivers) wrote in message
news:znr1075903337k@trad...

Would you like someone to tell you which one to buy? I'll suggest
that
you buy the RNP/RNC because you probably don't have the experience
to
provide us with a really good review of the Eureka...It's hard to
go wrong with the FMR stuff if for no other
reason that you can get most of your money out of it if you really
don't like it (but how would you know?).


Christ, Mike, forget to take your Congeniality pills this morning?
Do
*you* even have time to figure out if you really don't like a
product,
or to gain the experience necessary to provide a really good product
review, in between your 24/7 litany of cantankerous & condescending
posts to RAP?


What you seemed to have missed in your response was the original
posters skewed question asking asking a leading question about the
Eureka being junk.

That does make one think the poster might have an issue going or not
want to listen to balance. To the original poster I haven't seen
anything about Presonus equipment that would indicate it is junk.
Decent gear really. I believe the eureka has eq on it where as the
RNP/RNC combo does not. The Eureka is also setup as a
variable/imepedance matching device.

Might be better for the poster to ask, how the pres compare, or how the
compressor segments compare, etc.

mike http://www.mmeproductions.com

transmogrifa wrote:

To the original poster I haven't seen
anything about Presonus equipment that would indicate it is junk.

Well, there are those starved plate toob thingies. (Blue & otherwise)


Decent gear really. I believe the eureka has eq on it where as the
RNP/RNC combo does not.

As does a Mackie 1202. Eight of them, as a matter of fact. And four
(count 'em) mic preamps for a good bit less scratch than the Eureka.


The Eureka is also setup as a
variable/imepedance matching device.

Might matter. Might not.


Might be better for the poster to ask, how the pres compare, or how the
compressor segments compare, etc.

Might.

transmogrifa wrote:

What you seemed to have missed in your response was the original
posters skewed question asking asking a leading question about the
Eureka being junk.

It's all junk. None of this equipment is any good. Only live acoustic
music is any good at all. Recording gear only makes a pale shadow of the
real thing.
--scott


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