Thank you for your detailed explanations. I recently bought a Rode NT1-A and 1402-VLZPro as well, and am very pleased with the very clear recordings I can make now.
How strange that our choices of equipment were so similar. Great minds think alike? This is getting way off topic, but I'm not sure how to gracefully change the thread. Maybe you can do it if you reply. I don't know about the NT55, but my online searching told me long ago to stay away from the Marantz portables because of preamp noise. The Mackie is a great mic preamp value, and comes with a mixer to boot! Regards Up till now I used a pair of Rode NT55 mics
straight into a Marantz solid state recorder. Still a good option, but the NT1-A is brighter, and the Mackie has very clear pre-amps.
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