I just opened this guy out of curiosity. I have also two of 1818vsl for location recording. I have always been satisfied with them and never got why some people regard them as very low end units. Maybe just Presonus' reputation?
Never had an issue with preamps, sound quality, reliability, and they have had near zero latency FX monitoring for a long time now which was the reason i started using them in the first place.
Yes, pres could be a tad quieter, but that never got in the way. Rarely use ribbons, and i use dynamics on very loud sources.
I bought this guy in 2011. Maybe they can be upgraded, it looks like a cool platform for modding since it's not all smt? It uses Jamicon and Elna electrolytics in the signal path, Cirrus cs4272 converters Apogee uses...
Maybe someone got a schematic?
It's their xmax pres. I did find Digimax schematics, but they don't have the same compononts.
Vsl1818 with 8 pres can often be bought used for peanuts.
Anyway, just wanted to repport....
Never had an issue with preamps, sound quality, reliability, and they have had near zero latency FX monitoring for a long time now which was the reason i started using them in the first place.
Yes, pres could be a tad quieter, but that never got in the way. Rarely use ribbons, and i use dynamics on very loud sources.
I bought this guy in 2011. Maybe they can be upgraded, it looks like a cool platform for modding since it's not all smt? It uses Jamicon and Elna electrolytics in the signal path, Cirrus cs4272 converters Apogee uses...
Maybe someone got a schematic?
It's their xmax pres. I did find Digimax schematics, but they don't have the same compononts.
Vsl1818 with 8 pres can often be bought used for peanuts.
Anyway, just wanted to repport....