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VE7RF
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 3, 2006 14:57
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Superb.... very clean !
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I don't have a lot of experience with large numbers of pre-amps... so bear with me.
I have owned the MIC-2200 for several yrs now.
IF you listen to the raw audio coming directly out of the MIC-2200 with good headphones (Like Senheiser HD-280's).... and use a good mic (like my RE-27.. or a good condenser)... you jaw is gonna drop ! It's very clean... and uncoloured.. which suits me fine... as I have lot's of downstream processor's to add harmonix, EQ, reverb, etc.
The MIC-2200 is RFI bulletproof... never a problem... even with mic cable, stuffed overtop my 2 kw linear. Has the usual 48 v phantom pwr, phase reversal, LINE or MIC inputs.... and also a one band, analog, parametric EQ.
I was thinking of a new Aphex 207-D pre-amp.. just to fool with... but alas, it has NO line inputs.
I use the left channel of my MIC-2200 on TX.(mic input)... and the right ch on RX (line input).
Now, here's the kicker. I use the built in one band analog EQ to do a 10db cut, 1.7 octaves wide, at 300 hz. (TX). This removes the offending 'bad' part of my voice... before it gets into the main processing chain. If I shut it off... and just add one more band of parametric EQ to my DEQ-2496... or my DSP-1124 EQ..... I flat out can't get the same tonal quality I'm after... close... but something is not there. It may be a phase delay thing, not sure. In any event, till I see another pre-amp with a built in one band analog EQ ... I'm sticking with the MIC-2200.... it's squaeky clen.
### If the 12AX7 is adding something... I don't know. This is a hybrid circuit. The MIC-2200 uses a pair of conjugate, Class A transistors for the pre-amp... the tube just adds any tube effect.
### Now here's the other kicker. The MIC-200 , when in LINE INPUT mode, can be used as a level translator. IE: convert +4dbu levels to -10dbv... and vice versa !...slick..and works well. The line outputs from my 1000-D+ MK-V, all are down in level. They are 150 mv.... 6db down from the typ 330 mv consumer level (-10dbv). No problem... just crank the level on the MIC-2200 output (it goes from -20db to +20db). I also use the one band par EQ on the right ch on RX... to compensate for some RX defects.
### The mic input is XLR only. The line input is TRS. In cases where one is tapping RX audio directly from the analog product detector in a yaesu MK-V.... the resulting audio is not line level... but only a meager 2-4 mv..... and needs to be fed UNbalanced,into the XLR input of a MIC-2200 to boost it up to line level.. to drive a sreo amp/and or further RX audio processing... like EQ/harmonix, etc.
All in all, a superb, clean box... dirt cheap.. very reliable... I may well get a 2nd one... as I don't see anything readily available, that will replace it.
later..... Jim VE7RF
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