What is that makes a good mic preamp? There's such a large range to choose from. Starting at a 100 dollars/pounds to many thousands of dollars/pounds. I assume low noise and distortion are a major consideration, but even the relatively cheap ones seem pretty good at that. I've never had the chance to play with an expensive piece of kit.

Greetings,
Thinking about buying a nice 4-8 channel mic preamp to supplement my two APIs, and soon to be 2 channels of Vintech (I think anyway...)
Anyone have any thoughts on the TL Audio Ivory series? The new 4 channel tube pre?
Thanks! - Steve

I am thinking of buying the
John Hardy M1 and wanted to
know what you guys think of this
pre.
I would like to be able to use it
with my Royer ribbon mic.

thanks for your view!

Hi,

I need a good pre for mic tube mic(M147 tube from Neumann), i should to by a solid state Pre or a tube one?
Also which brand is good for my mic?
Thaks.

I've seen a couple of posts on this forum from people who like the four channel Sytek mic preamp, but not much else about it anywhere else. The couple of people that did post short messages about it have not responded to my efforts to get more info on them - so I'll ask the larger group.

Hi does anyone know a good repair person who look over and rack 2xCalrec PQ1061s, a Neve 33314a and a Calrec C1204. I would really appreciate any information as I have some other gear such as a Cadac board and some Glensound pres that will also need work.
Many thanks,
Warren

Ok I am thinking of buying 2 mics for my home studio setup. And I need some recommendations guys. Do you think these 2 are good choices?

One is the AT 3035.

The other (Studio Projects B1, C1, or B3?)

Should this unit be used for anything other than as a guitar and bass pre. Would it have any drawbacks for vocals or acoustic guitar or congas or kick/snare?

For those interested in what's new in the preamp market, check out the new Buzz Audio pre here...

SSA1.1 Stereo Source Amplifier

Target street price is US$1200 and units should begin shipping August 2002.

Yeehah!