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Thank you guys! I was sure somebody here must have used Audient black before!
What I'm hoping for in my head is actually to find a cheaper alternative to buying a Lunchbox full of modules! I don't have a lot of money to spend right now and even if I suspect in the end I might buy a small Lunchbox (with say an Avedis MA5, a Great River Pre and possibly an A-Designs P1/or Safe Sound Audio P501/or LaChapell 503s/or Juggernaut 500) I think to buy a preamp/eq/compressor/ADC AND rack case for this price, if the quality of the Audient is comparable to the Lunchbox preamps I'm considering, then this is obviously the right choice for me!
Now may I ask, have you compared or heard in real life any of the above Lunchbox preamps and do you think the Audient is at the same league soundwise?
I am very pleasantly surprised to read the Black ADC sounds better than the Aurora!
Could the pre have the same "expensive" and "rich" sound quality of the 500 series preamps I'm considering you think?
Keep the comments coming!
Thank you all!
Hi mate, my pleasure, I do whatever I can to spread the word about great gear,
I got my bb4 initially purely for the ADC, and this was because I was looking for a great ADC to track through, I got the BB4 because I liked the idea that I might be able to expand it down the track (I was originally looking at the audient MICO, and could have cared less about the pres just wanted the ADC).
I was pretty skeptical about the price tags, but my dealer urged me to try it and all I can say is, I got back on the phone to him straight away and order the PRE and two compressors,
The only thing now is I wish I bought the TEN space chassis instead
I have never heard any of the other 500 series units, but personally I see this as an easy way to get into the 500 series game,
Beauty of the audient stuff is that you can buy a 500 series adapter for your bb4, which will allow you to put any 500 series unit into your audient rack,
That's what sold me on it, because I thought I might like to buy a few API or something down the track.
I hesitate to say the ADC is "better" than the Aurora though, maybe I should rephrase, (to my ears), sounds more focussed and deep, so I choose it over my Aurora when I'm tracking mono or stereo sources.
Again not too sure about your comparisons to the 500 series because I don't own any,
But then again I DO own expensive vintage preamps, and I would happily choose my BLACK PRE, along with any of my "magic" pres,
It's got that clean and clear broadcast quality to it that cuts through the mix, but you can dirty it up with the HMX,
If you're looking for something with "character" this might not be perfect for you, but it's certinaly able to stand up against stuff I've got that's 5 times as expensive.
all I can say is I love them, they are pro!