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Post by Omicron9 on Sept 13, 2018 8:27:37 GMT -6
Greetings.
Has anyone any experience with the Grace m108? If so, what were your findings?
TIA,
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Post by Blackdawg on Sept 13, 2018 18:16:42 GMT -6
Not a lot of hands on experience. But a few friends with them. Solid solid units. Basically an m802 but smaller and is an interface. Great preamps and converters.
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Post by adamjbrass on Sept 14, 2018 6:37:47 GMT -6
I dig the remote control interface.
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Post by Omicron9 on Jan 10, 2021 7:48:22 GMT -6
Bumping my old thread.  |
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Post by Blackdawg on Jan 10, 2021 10:21:19 GMT -6
I have two of these now. They are amazing. Super life like beautiful clear quality. They are a pretty big improvement of the m802. Would recommend!
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Post by Ward on Jan 10, 2021 11:22:28 GMT -6
Bumping my old thread. Look what you did. Congrats! Job well done. I have two of these now. They are amazing. Super life like beautiful clear quality. They are a pretty big improvement of the m802. Would recommend! Awesome!! Write up a complete review for our reviews section, please? |
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Post by Omicron9 on Jan 11, 2021 10:52:05 GMT -6
I have two of these now. They are amazing. Super life like beautiful clear quality. They are a pretty big improvement of the m802. Would recommend! Thanks, Blackdawg; appreciated. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jan 11, 2021 22:26:00 GMT -6
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Jan 12, 2021 5:46:43 GMT -6
I have the Grace M905.
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Jan 12, 2021 6:07:48 GMT -6
That said, Id bet this is as good as the DA I have. Love to try one.
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Post by Omicron9 on Jan 17, 2021 11:18:33 GMT -6
One is on its way here. I'll keep ya posted if you're interested.
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Post by Guitar on Jan 17, 2021 12:23:46 GMT -6
I forget his name but one of the engineers that recorded the later Motorhead albums had an 8 banger Grace preamp. Something from a Warren Huart video. He said "use it for anything," as if it's not some classical jazz preamp, just a great front end for any type of music.
I thought that was pretty interesting, but I've never heard a Grace in person.
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Jan 17, 2021 15:17:44 GMT -6
The Grace gear only gets praise from those that have them. And the reason that most don't have them is because of GS. If it's not Neve or the colorless flavor of the month, no one buys them. Grace Design is altogether as good if not better than anything on the market. Be not afraid.
I've owned some high end "colorless" gear. Grace is by far the best IMO.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jan 17, 2021 19:02:22 GMT -6
I've had great experience with the grace preamps too.
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Post by Ward on Jan 17, 2021 20:00:22 GMT -6
The Grace gear only gets praise from those that have them. And the reason that most don't have them is because of GS. If it's not Neve or the colorless flavor of the month, no one buys them. Grace Design is altogether as good if not better than anything on the market. Be not afraid. I've owned some high end "colorless" gear. Grace is by far the best IMO. Also my favorite super-hifi sounding preamp! |
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Post by ericn on Jan 17, 2021 22:24:11 GMT -6
Grace is clean with just enough personality to not get in the way.
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Post by Blackdawg on Jan 17, 2021 23:00:51 GMT -6
The Grace gear only gets praise from those that have them. And the reason that most don't have them is because of GS. If it's not Neve or the colorless flavor of the month, no one buys them. Grace Design is altogether as good if not better than anything on the market. Be not afraid. I've owned some high end "colorless" gear. Grace is by far the best IMO. Eh I don't know about that. Maybe for the work most people do. But they are a huge staple in the classical word. There are really 4 choices right now. Grace, Merging, DAD, and Millennium. Those are the big guns in the classical world. That said, they are amazing and I'd use them anywhere. Beautiful honest preamps. And the m108s are a big step up from the older m802/m801 pre amps. And the converters are stellar. |
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Post by Omicron9 on Jan 18, 2021 10:05:36 GMT -6
The Grace gear only gets praise from those that have them. And the reason that most don't have them is because of GS. If it's not Neve or the colorless flavor of the month, no one buys them. Grace Design is altogether as good if not better than anything on the market. Be not afraid. I've owned some high end "colorless" gear. Grace is by far the best IMO. Thanks, cowboycoalminer and Blackdawg. I've been using Millennia pres for probably 15 years and love those. Obviously I'm in the pristine/no-color pre camp. Also a fan of Syteks; I had two, but am only using one. (That second unused one is currently in the classifieds forum.) I'm setting up a B room and need some pure channels and converters. The m108 fills that need so perfectly on paper, and from what I've read and classical Grace recordings I've heard, I'm sure I'll be happy. And I never put much stock in GS opinions; aside from an occasional detour into the "Remote" forum. It seems GS is all about gear that sounds dull and muddy. Oops! I mean "gear with vintage warmth." Yeah. That's what I meant. <looks around nervously> Thanks for sharing your experiences; I appreciate it! -09 |
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Post by Blackdawg on Jan 18, 2021 11:35:28 GMT -6
The Grace gear only gets praise from those that have them. And the reason that most don't have them is because of GS. If it's not Neve or the colorless flavor of the month, no one buys them. Grace Design is altogether as good if not better than anything on the market. Be not afraid. I've owned some high end "colorless" gear. Grace is by far the best IMO. Thanks, cowboycoalminer and Blackdawg. I've been using Millennia pres for probably 15 years and love those. Obviously I'm in the pristine/no-color pre camp. Also a fan of Syteks; I had two, but am only using one. (That second unused one is currently in the classifieds forum.) I'm setting up a B room and need some pure channels and converters. The m108 fills that need so perfectly on paper, and from what I've read and classical Grace recordings I've heard, I'm sure I'll be happy. And I never put much stock in GS opinions; aside from an occasional detour into the "Remote" forum. It seems GS is all about gear that sounds dull and muddy. Oops! I mean "gear with vintage warmth." Yeah. That's what I meant. <looks around nervously> Thanks for sharing your experiences; I appreciate it! -09 You'll love it. The converters are great. We use the AES outputs to our Protools main rig and we have the HDX card option for our portable rig. I've also used them as a USB interface as well. Beautiful sounding stuff. |
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Post by Omicron9 on Feb 19, 2021 10:06:57 GMT -6
Update/thread resurrection:
The m108 arrived a couple of weeks ago. I've been tracking with it almost every night since. If I wasn't already married, I'd be proposing to it. Yeah... it's that good.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2021 13:11:54 GMT -6
Update/thread resurrection: The m108 arrived a couple of weeks ago. I've been tracking with it almost every night since. If I wasn't already married, I'd be proposing to it. Yeah... it's that good. -09 Isn’t the build quality to die for? |
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Post by Omicron9 on Feb 20, 2021 8:48:44 GMT -6
Grace are all kind of fat, flat, slightly saturated and veiled but clean at the same time. They’re only sterile if all you’ve used are interface pres and 1073 clones. For the past 15 or so years, all I've used are Millennia and Sytek. Mostly Millennia; I have an HV-3D that I love love love (love). This is my first experience with Grace. Certainly on the same level as the Millennia. My initial impressions with the Grace is that the bass/sub-bass registers are more resonant and the top end seems more natural and accurate. The EIN is absolutely non-existent; just a velvet black nothingness; I love that. That sounds like a negative comment on the Millennia; it's not at all. That's just my first take (no pun) on the Grace after a couple of weeks with it. Totally digging it. Yes to the build quality, but Millennia's build quality is also rather stunning. My comments aren't intended as a contest of a "which is better" kind of thing; just general observations. I'd be very interested in the thoughts of others who've used both. Snowy regards, -09 |
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Post by Omicron9 on Feb 20, 2021 8:51:55 GMT -6
I have two of these now. They are amazing. Super life like beautiful clear quality. They are a pretty big improvement of the m802. Would recommend! ^ This. (Emphasis mine.) |
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Post by Blackdawg on Feb 20, 2021 21:49:07 GMT -6
I have two of these now. They are amazing. Super life like beautiful clear quality. They are a pretty big improvement of the m802. Would recommend! ^ This. (Emphasis mine.) They are quite amazing. I love them. Cool unit too overall, a lot of cool features that I don't really use a lot but still nice to know they are there. Some recordings I like that these were used on "recently": |
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