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M-Audio Tampa Mic Pre...opinions?

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Anyone use it or know someone who has?

I have heard nothing about it, but I've seen a lot of hype.

If it's in the (oxymoronically) new tradition of their reference monitors, I'm not interested.

If it's in the tradition of their soundcards (I have an AP 24/96 which is the best card for the price) I am totally interested.

Thanks-
.nick

What is that makes a good mic preamp?

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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.

Micpre

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I'm about to buy one or two mic preamps to be used mainly for recording vocals, guitars, bass and percussion directly into my DAW. I need a really allround unit and I've tested quite a few. Those a like so far are Focusrite isa 430 and 220, Calrec RQP3200 and Avalon 747 (or is it 737...never mind).