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On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 08:54:49AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:

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> Greetings:

>

>  I'd like to know what my fellow LAUyers recommend for a mic preamp for

> use with the following gear:

>

>    mics:

>      Shure SM58

>      Yamaha MZ106s

>  The gear is used for desktop recording, so I'd like to keep the cost

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> low. Like, really low... ;)

Cheapest: M-Audio Audio Buddy.
If you want better sound quality, the next steps up are:
* Mackie 1202 VLZ. Yes, it's a mixer, but the 4 mic inputs are good

bang for buck, worth considering if you think you'll ever need more than

2 channels.
* FMR RNP - "Really Nice Preamp" highly thought of by many of the folks in

rec.audio.pro, a lot more expensive but way below the price of the real

golden channel stuff. Said to make an SM57 really shine.
I don't know about the sound cards you are using with them, but I doubt if

there's a problem with them and any of the above preamps. They all have

unbalanced outputs.
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