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Re: Best inexpensive wireless mixerYou may not grasp what is going on inside a preamp at the electronic level. The "work" for a preamp is boosting up tiny signal voltages without corrupting the quality of each individual signal with noise and/or distortion.High level DJ playback doesn't even need to go through a preamp stage since it is already at line level. Is it possible you are feeding too hot of a signal into a preamp gain stage and hearing the path clip/overload? While some premium consoles will have input pads, they generally also have separate line level inputs for line level signals. Some mic preamps may not allow you to trim back their gain enough to handle strong line level signals at a mic input.It seems a little odd to argue about preamp quality when dealing with line level signals that do not need to be pre-amplified.JR
Re: Best inexpensive wireless mixer
You may not grasp what is going on inside a preamp at the electronic level. The "work" for a preamp is boosting up tiny signal voltages without corrupting the quality of each individual signal with noise and/or distortion.
High level DJ playback doesn't even need to go through a preamp stage since it is already at line level. Is it possible you are feeding too hot of a signal into a preamp gain stage and hearing the path clip/overload? While some premium consoles will have input pads, they generally also have separate line level inputs for line level signals. Some mic preamps may not allow you to trim back their gain enough to handle strong line level signals at a mic input.
It seems a little odd to argue about preamp quality when dealing with line level signals that do not need to be pre-amplified.
JR
