what's up everybody? i'm new to the forum but been on it for a while. anyway i've been driving myself crazy on looking for a new mic and preamp mainly for vocals. i heard good things about the summit audio 2ba-221 and like the price. i also was looking at the universal audio la-610. which is double the price and a channel strip. which may be important.

As the subject text sujests, I am looking for a decent preamp. The mics I use are:-
Neumann u87a
An old but reliable Langevin.

I have a budget which I have to stick to. Got a grand to spend on the best value preamp I can get.

This is just one of the things I am searching for, but need to sort out the front and back end first.

I have a few more gigs lined up and should be able to expand my mic pre selection in the near future.

Currently I have 2 Portico 5012’s, a Aphex 107 (slightly modified) and a heavily modified ART tube PAC.

I will be able to test out my top 3 choices, but in order to narrow the field

I would appreciate the input of people actually using the gear.

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Hi, can someone throw some names out for me, i'm looking for a preamp and a converter for my pc setup, here is my initial problem:

I'm looking for a low cost premp to drive my Beyer M260 this is a bit above what I would like to pay but looks very interesting. I live so far off the beaten path I can't try stuff out which sucks. Any other suggestions? Are the PreSonus BlueTube DP Stereo Dual Path Microphone/Instrument Preamp With 12AX7 Tube I like the price break.

Hello,
I am currently looking at getting a Fmr audio Rnp (really nice preamp) and am wanting to know the best way to connect it upto my computer.
I currently am using a PreSonus digimax Lt and a Behringer ada8000 mic preamp running ADAT to my soundcard (RMEhammerfall).

My recordings still sound cold-blooded, at least to my ears. I'm looking to breathe a little life into them, as well as the lush harmonic quality of a preamp. I'm not blindsided by tube seduction, so solid state will do just fine.

1. I want one especially for my guitar recordings. I intend on putting it after the SM57 that is in front of my amp and before my PreSonus Firebox.

Thank you for replying. I am dissatisfied with the quality of my on board sound card with the line in.

I am connecting from my line out on my practice amp which is a spider 3 line 6. I record my guitar tracks to a click and then I record my electronic drums. I want to record the TD-3 from the line out and as well as midi.

I have the mbox 2, and i wanted to get a better mic sound, so i've been researching preamps.
How would i hook up a tube preamp to my mbox? would i just use the mic DI into the preamp, and use the output on the preamp into the input on the mbox?