...but I discovered that I really do like my behri ada8000 over some of my preamps. Over the last few weeks I've noticed distortion and overcompression with my msh mics. I just thought maybe I got some duds or maybe the spl in my drumroom was just way too high. I ran the mics thru both, my maudio audio buddy, and my 002r pres and had similar results with both although noticeably less distortion with the 002r's. So out of sheer laziness(mic pres on the front) I hooked up my drum overheads thru the ada8000's and honestly wasn't expecting much difference. Holy shit there was a huge difference. Since the source was so loud I could keep the pre's gain at 1/4 and they were absolutely crytal clear, and the ridiculous compression was gone(????). This pre has done little more than talkback duties for 2 years, now it's my go to for overheads.