Rolls Mic Preamp

[exacto99]

Anyone familiar with Rolls equipment? In particular the Rolls RM65 HEXMIX 6 x 4 Mixer. Thanks for your comments.

 

[jbroad572]

Considering this mixer... anyone ever use it?

 

[BigRay]

Rolls is like the Yugo of Audio gear. Save up for something better.

Id rather save , save, and save some more and get something decent.

 

[jbroad572]

testing 123

 

[mshilarious]

I bought a cheap Rolls pre strictly as a phantom power source to bench test mics. It was broken out of the box, with a severe low-frequency oscillation caused by the phantom power. I was able to fix it, but there is really no excuse for that.

Looking at the specs for that unit, the input impedance is kinda low at 600 ohms, most modern mixers will be over 1K. That may or may not be desirable, sometimes it's nice to have a low impedance as a sort of tone control, but in a basic mixer I don't know why that wouldn't be higher.

The phantom power is under spec, at 36V, which will make many condenser mics unhappy (although many electret condensers will be fine).

 

[dgatwood]

Do you have to have a 1U rack-mounted mixer? This will give you the same number of pres (I think) for almost a hundred bucks less, and its pres are exemplary.

 

[jbroad572]

Do you have to have a 1U rack-mounted mixer? This will give you the same number of pres (I think) for almost a hundred bucks less, and its pres are exemplary.

Well, I was considering ebay prices at which I can get the Rolls for about $60. I don't have to have a rack mount, but it sure would be convenient.