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<blockquote data-quote="Tamas Tako" data-source="post: 115674" data-attributes="member: 2591">Re: X32 v2 RTADear Scott,first of all I dont know the schematics of the DL251 preamp, but the usual Midas pream is definitely not a Micpre chip.also the X32 mic pre is not a single chip solution. And I can agree with you that moost of the MicPre chips on the market sound very similar to each other. But as stated above this is not the case with the X32 and the DL251...we were in a studio listening room of ca 25 m2 with very good acoustics. Two 3 way high end studiomonitors.One High End CD player as sound source.One High End DAC to the X-32&#039;s AES/EBU output. From this DAC unit to the studio monitors.we did use -12dBfs peak input signal (seen on the X-32 input level LEDs) and -6dBfs peak outut level (seen on the X-32&#039;s output LED bar)we did listen several times several high end recordings.tested X-32 inpit vs DL251 input, tested X-32 clock vs DL251 clock (only with DL251 inputs used) and as the reference we did listen to the CD players output directly on the Studio Monitors.all listening levels were within 0.5 dB to eachother in order to avoid the &quot;louder is alwas better&quot; trap.let me know, if you need more information.cheers,Tamas</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tamas Tako, post: 115674, member: 2591"] Re: X32 v2 RTA Dear Scott, first of all I dont know the schematics of the DL251 preamp, but the usual Midas pream is definitely not a Micpre chip. also the X32 mic pre is not a single chip solution. And I can agree with you that moost of the MicPre chips on the market sound very similar to each other. But as stated above this is not the case with the X32 and the DL251... we were in a studio listening room of ca 25 m2 with very good acoustics. Two 3 way high end studiomonitors. One High End CD player as sound source. One High End DAC to the X-32's AES/EBU output. From this DAC unit to the studio monitors. we did use -12dBfs peak input signal (seen on the X-32 input level LEDs) and -6dBfs peak outut level (seen on the X-32's output LED bar) we did listen several times several high end recordings. tested X-32 inpit vs DL251 input, tested X-32 clock vs DL251 clock (only with DL251 inputs used) and as the reference we did listen to the CD players output directly on the Studio Monitors. all listening levels were within 0.5 dB to eachother in order to avoid the "louder is alwas better" trap. let me know, if you need more information. cheers, Tamas [/QUOTE]

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