The Brick is one of the best deals going for a pro piece and a budget price. No, it is not even close to being the ViPre, but it is a very good sounding box. 3D can not come from a mic pre alone. And if you don't have decent monitoring, you won't ever hear 3D.

thanks for the reply audiogaff...

have you heard it against $100 pres like the presonus tubepre? if so how does it compare?

I haven't had the chance to check it out yet ... but I want to. I will contact GT and ask for a review unit ...

The Brick has the kind of construction and design approach that produces that 3 d effect we are all talking about lately .. but I cannot speak yet from any first hand experience. That being said, there are a lot of pres that I would not bother listening to simply based on the design and construction ... but the Brick is not one of them... It certainly bears listening to.

thanks for the reply Kurt :D

I look forward to your review.