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Choices for pre-amp / personal IEM unit?

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Looking for a new pre-amp / personal IEM unit... needs bass-friendly EQ plus headphone out plus stereo Aux In that doesn't go to the DI out... I need to use this in place of backline so be able to blend my monitor feed and mix in my bass to suit myself, plus of course sending a nice bass signal to the desk. The Ampeg SCR-DI actually does all this but doesn't quite tick all the boxes due to a minor cross-talk issue with the Aux In, so I'm looking for an alternative...
 
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ficelles said:
Looking for a new pre-amp / personal IEM unit... needs bass-friendly EQ plus headphone out plus stereo Aux In that doesn't go to the DI out... I need to use this in place of backline so be able to blend my monitor feed and mix in my bass to suit myself, plus of course sending a nice bass signal to the desk. The Ampeg SCR-DI actually does all this but doesn't quite tick all the boxes due to a minor cross-talk issue with the Aux In, so I'm looking for an alternative...
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DSM Noisemaker OmniCabSim Deluxe.
 
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ficelles said:
That looks interesting... shame they don’t have a UK dealer...
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I live in Sweden and they delivered really fast and with no problem at all. Also, I talked to them and they give the TalkBass community a 10% discount. Just use the code TALKBASS2018. It’s a fantastic preamp, really well built and sounds killer.
 
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TheLopp said:
I live in Sweden and they delivered really fast and with no problem at all. Also, I talked to them and they give the TalkBass community a 10% discount. Just use the code TALKBASS2018. It’s a fantastic preamp, really well built and sounds killer.
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Is the Aux In isolated from the DI out? It does look like a good unit...
 
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The key thing is that Aux In has to only be routed to headphone out and not DI out or you can’t use it as an IEM unit, seems like the Ampeg SCR-DI is unique in having that... waiting to hear back on Trace Elliot Transit, Headway EDB-2 and Palmer Pocket bass.

But thanks for all the suggestions so far :)
 
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ficelles said:
Looking for a new pre-amp / personal IEM unit... needs bass-friendly EQ plus headphone out plus stereo Aux In that doesn't go to the DI out... I need to use this in place of backline so be able to blend my monitor feed and mix in my bass to suit myself, plus of course sending a nice bass signal to the desk. The Ampeg SCR-DI actually does all this but doesn't quite tick all the boxes due to a minor cross-talk issue with the Aux In, so I'm looking for an alternative...
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The Enabler by 3Leaf Audio. If you can find a used one (they are long out of production), you will be very happy.
 
#17
The list of preamps I think will also work for live IEM use so far is:

Ampeg SCR-DI
Shift Line Olympic MkIII
Palmer MI Pocket Amp Bass
Trace Elliot Transit B
Headway EBD-2
Gallien Krueger Plex
TC Electronic SpectraDrive

There's also the DSM Noisemaker OmniCabSim but headphone out is mono

It's really annoying how so few manufacturers include block diagrams with their manuals these days, I'm still not 100% sure all those units isolate the Aux In from the DI Out.

Liking the look of the GK Plex...
 

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