I am looking for one more DA to round out our aresenal. I would prefer an MKII but will consider an original in the right shape. ADAT cards are preferred but will consider AES. Meter Bridge is a necessity. SMPTE sync card preferred. If you have one that is orphaned and still has its tandem card set, that would be great but not critical. Please e-mail privately at:

mmhaus@yahoo.com

I am ready to move on the right unit immediately.

Jonathan

At the Guitar Center here in Rochester, NY there is a used DA7 for sale REALLY cheap. It IS a MkII and works PERFECTLY, there are NO BOARDS, however and NO METER BRIDGE so you'll have to find those separately, but they're only asking $550 for it and you could probably talk 'em down to $500. If you're interested, talk to my friend Mike Munn there. The number's (585) 424-2188 and they have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Good luck!
---Andy

email sent

Thanks for the replys to this point. No decisions have been made. Still looking. Thanks.

Andy,

Thanks for the tip! I called on Monday and the girl on the phone thought I was crazy...I guess it had sat there awhile....anyway, it's here now and in perfect shape. Anyone have an extra meter bridge? I know vincoprod had one for awhile at a great price but I missed the chance to get it on the cheap and lost the bidding on ebay. Let me know. Thanks to all who offer assistance so graciously.

Jonathan

Thanks for the offer rider.....I only need a MB at this point as I posted above...maybe someone else out there is looking.

Hey Jonathan. So far the guy who won the auction has not paid. I will let you know if I have another deadbeat on my hands.

Crazy as in "Why would you want that old thing?", crazy as in "I don't know nothin' about what we have here?", crazy as in "You're coming from Pittsburgh?", or crazy as in "What's Pittsburgh?"

From the archives:

craig “the best preamps in the world are only a fraction of a hair better than the onboard panasonic.”

jkruta Collinsville, IL “I mainly use the DA7 pre's …you can make very good recordings with them … when I need something special I borrow or rent some.”

dinkus Alberta, Canada “I only use the DA-7 pre's… I've gotten great results… They work great and when A-B'd from work on an SSL …The work is compairable…for the money to quality, I'll chose the DA-7.

rick Cambria, CA “I use the board pres for most things, and occasionally a Neve ....”

Mark Kluth St. Paul, MN “I mainly use the DA7's pres and am totally happy… I use is a dbx 376 for vocal tracks so that I can compress and de-ess the vocal before it gets digitized”

Keyplayer “to be able to replicate the DA7's front end… I would spend MORE than I had for the desk!”

atomusic Salt Lake City, UT. “…buy another mic pre ?… give your wife one more reason to file those divorse papers.”

gregk Buffalo, NY USA “ I could have gotten any digital console I wanted… the DA7 is a well-designed product and it does what it advertises to do without too many problems. I hold the DA7 in very high regards.”

DHubner Tulsa Ok, “the DA-7 blew away every preamp…the DA-7 sounds good…”

clegs Woodland Hills, CA, “… The Da7 is heads and shoulders above the equipment we were using to make great hit records not that long ago… The pre's are damn good”

rocc3d plymouth,ma. “i have tracked…throught the da7 pre,s and…through an avalon 737sp.its really hard to say which is better… the da7s pre,s are damn clean and if thats what you want…thats what youll get.”

I think it was a cosmic combination of all of the above......but more that I had just rolled out of bed and was convinced by the nocturnal boogie dude that if I didn't call right away and lock down that DA7, someone else would walk through the door within minutes and claim it.......I think I said something to that effect......that is where she lost faith in my mental stability.

BTW where is Pittsburgh?

j....