SSLtech
Well-known member
I don't know that the 002's mic pres "suck" particularly... They're not very "characterful", but they work plenty well for my purposes. (Spot mics in 'B+' format recordings).
It's so fashionable to just say that Digidesign stuff 'sucks', when what people often mean is that they much prefer the charateristics of other stuff.
The only difference I see between the 002 and 003 on the back panel is the inclusion of word-clock BNC connectors.
Other than that, I've little doubt that the 002 and 003 are both very good, and the mic pres are quite usable on both. People will bitch that they're not APIs, but APIs don't always co it for me either. Nor do SSL 9k's, nor do Neve 10xx's, nor do any other preamp. If all I had was APIs, I'd probably hate it from time to time. I do a lot of classical stuff, and like I said; the 002 preamps are plenty good enough most of the time.
Keith
It's so fashionable to just say that Digidesign stuff 'sucks', when what people often mean is that they much prefer the charateristics of other stuff.
The only difference I see between the 002 and 003 on the back panel is the inclusion of word-clock BNC connectors.
Other than that, I've little doubt that the 002 and 003 are both very good, and the mic pres are quite usable on both. People will bitch that they're not APIs, but APIs don't always co it for me either. Nor do SSL 9k's, nor do Neve 10xx's, nor do any other preamp. If all I had was APIs, I'd probably hate it from time to time. I do a lot of classical stuff, and like I said; the 002 preamps are plenty good enough most of the time.
Keith