PRESONUS M80 8Channels Mic pre

[versuviusx]

hi i was wondering if anyone has used this and what they would compare it against. is it consumer pro or is it pro?

[loudmusic]

I seem to remember somebody (possibly Larry) reviewing this in the magazine a few issues back. It got a good review.
I've always had my eye on one...

Marty

[Cedar]

I use the M80 all the time actually. Its a really usefull rack to have. Kind of pricey though. The pres sound pretty good, and I always end up using them for hi-hat mics or toms, especially when I use up my tube pres on other things like overheads and kick, etc. I like 'em.

[b3groover]

I like mine. I think they sound is very clean, not colored much at all... it's got a sound, but not bad. The cool thing is the op-amps are in sockets and changing them with more expensive ones can change the sound nicely. You can also swap the generic transformers for Jensen transformers and the change is pretty dramatic. It goes from being slightly "colored" (ie, a little top-end heavy and not extremely realistic mid-range) to being ruler flat... almost like an earthworks pre.

[cassembler]

They're not bad, one of the better 8 channel packages in that price range. Only problem I had was that I couldn't seem to get enough gain sometimes. But the IDSS feature is kinda cool.

If you're _sure_ you want eight identical preamps, go for it. I'd personally opt for two (or more) two-channel models for variety purposes.

[andrewstadium]

I talked to Bob at Alectronics in Boston about this one.
From what I gathered from the conversation, it lives up to its pro specs but sonically it is unspectacular. I was sort of bummed out by this consensus since I had been eyeing one as my ultimate front-end solution to Digital Performer. He seemed to think that its sound was lacking in character. I have been meaning to ask him if any of his customers have modded theirs with different IC's to acheive better sounding results...
http://www.alactronics.com/