Ok, I've done some more thinking about the preamp and the price i'm
willing to pay, etc. What are everyone's thoughts on the following
models: Presonus MP-20, FMR Audio RNP, Grace 101. Anyone have other
suggestions for a pre-amp in this price range? Also, what kind of
problems might I encounter if I get a used unit from, say, eBay?

Thanks,
Mon11

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(Mon11) writes:
Ok, I've done some more thinking about the preamp and the price i'm
willing to pay, etc. What are everyone's thoughts on the following
models: Presonus MP-20, FMR Audio RNP, Grace 101. Anyone have other
suggestions for a pre-amp in this price range? Also, what kind of
problems might I encounter if I get a used unit from, say, eBay?

Thanks,
Mon11

Personally I favor the Grace 101, but you might want to also check out the
Summit 2BA-221, which features tube as well as clean solid-state gain stages
and line-level input. Same price range.

-Jay
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x Lecturer, Audio Engineer x Dexter Records x
x CCRMA, Stanford University x http://www.offbeats.com/ x
x-------- http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~jay/ ----------x

If you are buying just one, this won't help, but if you are looking for
multiple pres, or want to start with one and later expand, I would take a
look at Old School Audio pres. These are API style pres with Jensen
transformers, Dan IMHO, they sound wonderful. I have a rack of them, and
recently I tested them against a friends Grace rack, on an alto female
vocal, with a U87. While the Graces were nice, the OSAs were a bit ballsier
and had clearer upper mids. The Grace seemed to have some kind of distortion
or phase problem in this range.

They come in a rack, which you need to also buy, which is why buying just 1
is maybe not the way to go. But if you are looking to expand your arsenal in
the future, I highly recommend them. Also they have other models with
different transformers.

Bill Lorentzen

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Ok, I've done some more thinking about the preamp and the price i'm
willing to pay, etc. What are everyone's thoughts on the following
models: Presonus MP-20, FMR Audio RNP, Grace 101. Anyone have other
suggestions for a pre-amp in this price range? Also, what kind of
problems might I encounter if I get a used unit from, say, eBay?

Thanks,
Mon11

In article writes:

Ok, I've done some more thinking about the preamp and the price i'm
willing to pay, etc. What are everyone's thoughts on the following
models: Presonus MP-20, FMR Audio RNP, Grace 101.

Just go buy one already. They're all different, they all bring a mic
level signal up to line level, and they all do it well. You can use
any one of them, and you'll never really know what it sounds like
until you use it in your own applications with your own mics and in
your own environment.

Buy from a reputable dealer and, if you really don't like it, you can
return it and try something else. If you try three or four and don't
like the results you get with any of them, you need to look elsewhere
for your problems.




--
I'm really Mike Rivers - )

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wrote on 7/3/03 12:30 PM:

Ok, I've done some more thinking about the preamp and the price i'm
willing to pay, etc. What are everyone's thoughts on the following
models: Presonus MP-20, FMR Audio RNP, Grace 101. Anyone have other
suggestions for a pre-amp in this price range? Also, what kind of
problems might I encounter if I get a used unit from, say, eBay?

Thanks,
Mon11


Add the Rane DMS 22 to your list. Three band eq (mid band is
parametric) plus a stereo mix buss. The pres themselves sound very good,
particularly in this price range.
--
Stephen T. Boyke