Studio Projects new 8 Channel Pre-amp Well SP is at it again, although they seem to be touting Burr Brown IC's, and having never really looked into mic pre's untill now I don't know if they are quality, this is from the sit
The new Studio Projects 828 is an 8 Channel mic preamp incorporating the latest rev of Burr Brown IC's. The SP828 is also an 8X2 mixer that allows a real time mix of all 8 inputs two a stereo out buss. Housed in a 1U 19" rack, each channel on the SP828 offers:
Features
48V phantom power with LED
Phase Reverse with LED
Mic/Line Switch with LED - Defaults to 20dB Pad
Peak and Signal Present Indicators
Gain Control
Level & Pan
Solo Switch with LED
What do you guys think?
the buzz around here when SP had its forum was that it would be comparable to the Sytek- so far no one has posted a comparison- if it had adat optical outs I would buy one, as this would give me 8 extra inputs via adat on my 828 mkii- unfortunately this is not the case...
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Hi maintiger,
as for 8 Adat for the 828mkII, you might look into the Behringer. Yes, I know it is a swearword, but in this case Iīm actually positively surprised. The preamps are actually much better than expected and the AD as well. Might mention that I do mostly acoustical music. (Classical and big band). Have had good experiences with transformerless condensors, not quite as good with dynamic mics.
Gunnar
I have heard the behringer- a friend of mine brought it over and like you said, we were positively surprised. I haven't needed more than the 12 inputs I currently used in my 828 mkii (2 via spdif, 2 w/ built in pres, 8 analogue)
but like you say, it is definitely useable. i suspect that the SP mic pre would be better but like I said, I haven't heard it yet. I do own a sytek though and the sytek is way way better than the behringer- we did do a comparison when we had it in the studio. In fact, even a yamaha mla7 beats the behringer- though not by much, and that was the surprise.
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