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Hi I'm wondering what your opinons are on the ART Tube MP preamp which i plan to purchase for my home studio?

I only need one channel... and will be going through my delta 1010lt soundcard... would the ART Tube MP be effective?

What are other preamps that are of great quality and have 2 channels at max?
Thanks

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KurtFoster Mon, 05/31/2004 - 14:20

The ART is probably as good as any of the alternitves at its price point. Good mic pres usually cost much more than $500 a channel and all the cheap stuff is pretty much the same thing ... some of these pres are marketed as being better and different sounding but for the large part they all sound like ass when compared to great pres like Neves / Great River (fat) or Millennia / Earthworks (neutral) ....

I do tell people not to go with Behringer gear for a number of reasons... but the main reason I will mention here is the build quality is very poor.. made with cheap parts with wide tolerences by people who probably ride an ox cart to work ....

In your place, I would just stick with the ART until I was ready to take the plunge into some good pres ... save your money.

Kurt Foster

sserendipity Wed, 06/02/2004 - 14:05

'Glowing tubes'

igotnosmoke wrote: Thanks guys :)

I have an ART DIO - it's not bad as long as you keep the gain down. It's a hearable step up from the mackie.

One hint though: If the preamp has a little orange LED stuck behind the tube to make it 'glow', you know that you are talking about quality...

Has anyone tried replacing the tube that is supplied with the unit? Perhaps switching out the LED makes more of a difference in the sound :>

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