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I have some tube pres and some solid state pres. I wouldn't always say one is better than the other. Each one has it's own sound. I will say my least favorite preamp I've ever used was a TubeTech. Not a cheap piece of gear. When I owned a commercial studio we had a lot of gear. Some I loved, some I hated...and a whole lot of it fell between the two. The TubeTech just had nothing I would want from a tube pre...or even a solid state pre. Just did not like it one bit. Clients liked to see it, so we kept it. It probably paid for itself just by helping close the deal with clients...even though I never touched it during a session. That said, one of the pieces I loved and have kept all these years is an old JoeMeek VC2 tube pre. Super open and very "big" sounding when you push it. It's my goto vocal pre. My favorite acoustic guitar pre is, by far, an API. On another note: if you're looking to insert EQs & compressors before they hit the converters...you're better off with a good channel strip style preamp, or a small console. It gives you greater flexibility to go with an interface based on conversion quality and not worry about it's preamp (or go with a line level interface like a Metric Halo LIO8). Like everything, this could get complicated & expensive fast.
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As always: it's the carpenter, not the tools.
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And the preferences and ear of the listener.
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Regarding preamps and individual components I heartily recommend checking out the preamps of the companies I use.
Great River http://www.greweb.com/mp-2nv.html NPNG http://www.npngproducts.com/Page_1.html Also I use a AD converter made by Mytek https://mytekdigital.com/professional/ Begins to add up. Also do some room acoustic treatment.
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https://www.mixonline.com/recording/...-preamp-376399
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Among my mic pre collection, I have 4 channels of the original Great River MP series and 1 of the NV series. You can't go wrong with either.
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Rick, heard about Great River from you and bought a Great River MP-2H from you a number of years back.
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Since the thread has been moving in the preamp direction for a while I'll also mention that I've found a few models that work really nice for my use and for what I like to hear. My pair of Speck single channel preamps are solid state, very clean, have an adjustable high pass filter, and the output stage can be switched to either the Jensen transformer or a solid state output. I recently picked up a used Gordon; it doesn't have the flexibility in its feature set like the Speck, but it is an extremely clean, transparent, and detailed solid state preamp.
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Your reviews, and critique provided by some members of the AGF forum and another forum, persuaded me to get a pair of M296S. Have to deal with the difficulties of Omni mics in a home recording environment, but they are wonderful for acoustic guitars.
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Glad to hear you are still happy with it.
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There are so many good pres out there. It's all a matter of personal choice & budget.
I like to hear some transformer in my pres...so I tend to lean to the classics: API, Neve, SSL (prefer an E to a G for acoustic)...but those might not be within your budget. When I want super clean I use the pres on my Metric Halo ULN8. They're "Millenia clean", if you know what I mean. The Daking pres are exceptional. They sound like an old Trident A Series. And they're about $1k cheaper than a comparable API or Neve. A cheap pre that sounds really good on acoustic guitar is the old ART Pro MPA...but only the ones from when they were being made in NY. They were loosely based on the ADL custom preamps from the late '90s/early 2000s. You can pick one up for under $200. They have "Rochester, NY" stamped on the back of them. Working in studios most of my life, I have had the benefit of hearing almost everything that has been made and getting hands on experience with them. So I've formed some pretty strong opinions on what I like & don't like.
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What about the company that mods the Art? are youhttp://www.reviveaudio.com/index.php...product_id=197 |
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I have their Tube MP2A which in my opinion is an excellent tube pre as it is somewhat the best of both worlds in that is relatively un-colored but still gives that Tube depth and presence. Also A Designs "Pacifica" is highly regarded as an excellent top rated Solid state pre and they make some of the best instrument pre amp DI in the industry. They are also very reasonably priced for boutique class equipment http://adesignsaudio.com/home
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