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(More customer reviews)The DT454 is an exceptional preamplifer that gets the job done.
I was having trouble picking which preamps to get, and then I came across this one and surprisingly there were no reviews anywhere and very few Youtube tests.
So I bought this one because of the bad reviews of a few other preamps.
First of all, this contraption will perform excellently with a little bit of patience and knowledge about sound tech. Proper booming techniques are needed to make a scene pull out well. This amplifier does not change any of that. On top of that it is not something that you can pull out and record with, I suggest reading the manual first. Save yourself the trouble in post and just clean it up in pre.
Alright, I will just get to the point and tell you what you want to hear:
-It records cleanly and efficiently
-It is very easy to use with a little bit of reading
-Fixes AGC, Hallelujah!
-Finally, the sound quality you can get from this makes up for any grain in a shot or a mistake in the camera work. It's fantastic.
It can plug in via 3.5mm (male)to 3.5mm (male) (which comes with the package or you can buy one offline or from a radio shack)
Here is the stuff you don't want to hear:
-Can get very tedious in setup of the preamp
-Just like any preamp, interference will still make your audio garbled; make sure to bring headphones or do a test recording of the audio before each of your filming's or recordings.
-Biggest and most annoying... *drum roll* Fine tuning your preamp to your camera.
Yes you have to fine tune your preamp to whatever you are using. Otherwise the camera will still use the AGC thus picking up a lot of unnecessary noise! This can get very annoying and tedious if you don't understand a thing about preamps or sound tech.
Aside from the negatives of this preamp, the positives outweigh those details. The XLR inputs make up for everything and manual audio control will make all the difference in a movie or event filming!I leave you with this, don't let others tell you what's the best camcorder or camera, it's all in the eye of the user and how creative he or she is. Now get out there and make the best of this fine piece of equipment.
~Robert Riegel,
a current user of the DT454
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