hey,

i'm looking for a (minimum) 4 channel mic pre.
It will be used for location recording (which is why it needs to fit minimum 4 channels.)
I've looked at the TLAudio 5001II quad, which looks okay.
I've also seen the Focusrite Octopre...which i dislike very much.

So what else is there... (preferably under a 1000)

thanks chaps,

cstof

You should look at the Sytek mic pres.

just looked at the sytek 4ch pre that electrical has.
Knew it was there, but i thought it would be more expensive.
Looks great.

How about the RME 4 and 8 channel ones?
please suggest any other ones i forgot...

thx

I just bought one off of Ebay straight from Sytek. They go for about $850, this includes the Burr Brown Preamps on 3 & 4. I read alot of great reviews about these preamps. Affordable too.

Sytek's are so scrumptious. Mmm mmm good.

Another vote for the Syteks. Nothing in that price range comes close. Buy direct from Mike on ebay and you'll come in a little under $1k. Great guy, very easy to deal with and very accomodating. All this on top of some really excellent preamps.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

Yep,

i guess i'm getting the mpx-4 (if you guys insist)
seems like the real deal for little money

Big Thank U

cstof

cstof,
I have both the Syteks and the HHB Radius 10 (the american version of the TL Audios you were looking at). The Syteks are a better preamp, but I really like the HHBs as well. The other HHB stuff (comps, etc.) in this price range kind of sucks, but the pres are actually pretty decent. Especially since you can score 4 channels for a little more than 400 bones on Ebay.
mike

i have syteks and like 'em a lot

but they don't have the low end i would need to use them for bass guitar

has anyone tried his transformer-coupled version?

I didn't know there was a transformer coupled version.

I'm interested in your comment about the Syteks not having enough low end to record your bass. It's my understanding that transformers limit bandwidth, and the Syteks being transformerless, it would seem that they would work nicely with low freqs.