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I've heard good things about the grace 101. I've never used one myself, but you could probably find it used for around your price range.

Oh yeah, and while I'm here...I'll just beat the other 50 members that will reply to this with

"Get the Brick".

Ha. I did it first.

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If he won't give it to you, you could offer to buy it?

Entice him by showing him all the other gadgets he could buy with the money...

... or just nick it! :twisted:

***for legal perposes I must state that I am in no way supporting the use of criminal activity***

mysterious-wiener-dog-man wrote:
Its a tube pre amp so it does sound better.

Well, that statement is pretty much bull. This is how people get tricked into buying "tOoB" gear. Tube preamps are not necessarily better than non-tube preamps.

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Whoa!! Don't go confusing me with a professional; I'm just another random dude on the internet. :lol:

But seriously, tubes were around first so that is what was used to amplify signal. Later technology changed and integrated circuits and transistors and junk made a new to amplify signal. Some people still prefer the sound of the old tube technology and some people prefer the characteristics of the newer non-tube designs. API and Neve are in the non-tube category and they are considered world class.

Sounds like you have some kind of grudge thing going, but if you NEED an EQ/Compressor/Preamp all-in-one box, that FART will be OK. But if you want to concentrate on getting a good sound first and compressing/eqing in the computer later, then I think something like The Brick would make you happier. It is also tube which you will like, I guess. That stuff you heard about tubes being better for computer recording is just marketing hype and stuff to trick you. Sticking a tube in a preamp doesn't automatically make it good; the design of the circuitry, power supplied, transformers, etc will determine if the tube is implemented properly to sound good. Hope this gives you some insight and clears away some bull.

I don't know what faces you are talking about.

I am a "tube guy"...But...TUBES AIN'T BETTER!!!! They impart a certain "color" to the sound, that's all. And the SP VTB has got to be the dirtiest box I have ever heard. It is useable as an effect- a "fuzztone for the mic", if you will. Maybe that's what you are looking for. And as far as people "giving you" gear that they don't use..... :(

mysterious-wiener-dog-man wrote: thanks Reggie.
its nice to talk with all you experts. if Tubes aren't better? Then why did the invent them? I heard that tubes were better for recording on computers. I thought that's why they make them. If they don't sound better then what should I get? I want something that will sound professional but I need to keep it not costing a lot because I have to make payments on a new car my mom and dad helped me get for graduation. Between the car and buying my own cloths cause they don't buy my cloths anymore I don't have very much left from my allowance. Dose that Brick have a eq and compressor and how much do they cost if they do. I think I need a eq and compressor because I want to sound professional. I'm going to make Cds and I want them to sound better that that guys Cd he makes so I can show him up cause he sucks and he shouldn't have all that equipment cause I deserve it more. Then all the people who go to him to record hem will come to me instead. Then he will go I should have let him have that Art cause I don't use it anywise. What are those little faces at the left for?

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Sorry for the bad spelling. I just remebered that I can spell correct on the computer.

Do you have a brother named Walters?

I didn't mean to be a troll but I guess it turned out that way. Sorry.