Nelson, Canada
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Apogee 8 Mic Pre Module in Excellent condition. Like new with box and all cables and standoffs. NB: Please be aware this module MUST be used in conjunction with another Apogee analog input card (with at least 8 inputs) and it will not work as a standalone module without another analog module. See the Mic pre FAQ on Apogee's website for more info.Shipping costs will include full insurance. Due to shipping costs/taxes I will only ship within Canada. Please ask with any questions. ThanksMore info from the Tape Op review.....The Mic Preamp module contains eight preamps, capable of 85 dB of gain. The first four channels can be used as instrument-level inputs or mic preamps. There are also eight inserts. I assumed these were locked to their respective channels (e.g., send/return 1 tied to preamp 1). Nope, they are freely assignable via the Maestro control software. The preamps can be bypassed by switching to line input on the input tab of Maestro. This would allow the eight inputs coming into the 8×8 module to completely bypass the Mic Preamp module. Alternatively, you can bypass the preamps and go straight to the A/D converters by coming in before the return. Either way, the options are flexible. Other than the four instrument inputs on 1/4'' jacks, analog I/O is presented at the rear of the Symphony via female DB25 connectors. This makes integration with patchbays and even some of the newer 500-series racks a breeze.How solid are these preamps? Really solid. After two weeks of testing, I wrote to Apogee suggesting that they release the preamps in a standalone capacity. As a generalization, I would put them at the crossroads of solid-state Millennia Media meets a Rupert Neve Designs Portico 511 - accurate without being sterile. They are musical without being overly colored. I particularly liked them on any kind of guitars. Distorted amps were captured with nuance and space. On ribbon mics, the high gain was a blessing extracting every nook from a room sound. They are clear, open, and seem to have a great degree of headroom. (See Dave Hidek's review of the Royer SF-2 ribbon mic in this issue.) The stereo gain pairing through the Maestro software was a treat for overheads. The longer we used them, the more we were impressed with the level of performance of this tiny module.
PriceC$799
+ C$85 Shipping
C$55 shipping when combined
