Can you help me understand more about active vs passive and DI?

I posted this on a similar forum and have yet to get a response. May be that the board is less active than when I was last there BUT, I kinda need some feedback soon.

I was wondering if anyone has used the Joemeek threeq. I will be plugging my condenser mic into the Joemeek then into the Firebox then into the computer.

Hello everyone. I hope all is well.

I've been thinking about the Schoeps pre, but I don't know if I've ever heard of anybody using one. The feature-set is great, especially for film work, but I'm curious about its suitability for music, and whether its sound is worthy of its price.

Thanks
John

I have an at4033 and a beyer m500n, both need warming up from tubes from what I hear. They are going to be on my guitar amp. And the 4033 maybe vocals also. A good preamp around a grand with tubes that get the proper voltage and 2 channels. The spl goldmike 9844 looks nice for vocals but on a guitar amp, 65 twin reverb I not sure, can anybody tell me if this will work fine.

i've been thinking about saving myself some money by replacing the stock 12AX7 tube inside my $80 preamp with a better tube. (i think i ran across the bnb tubes site in one of these forums).

is this something slightly common? would it be worth it? would i get myself a more pleasing sound or a bad electrical shock?

Hi.
I don't know much about digital signals and stuff. I just realized my Mbox 2 has 4 inputs, the 2 mic preamps and a 2 channel S/PDIF thingy (?). Am I right? So, is there a piece of hardware that lets me hook up two microphones, and send the signal via S/PDIF to my Mbox 2, so I can record from four microphones at the same time to seperate channels?

Stian

Hey guys,

I don't post here often but I sure have gotten a lot of good info from this forum. I did a comparison of several midrange pres and recorded acoustic guitar clips that I posted on the TapeOp board in the Gear Talk section. The pres consist of Mackie VLZ, PreSonus BlueTube, PreSonus MP20, ART Pro Channel, Aphex 207, and Electro Harmonix 12AY7.

Should the output of my vipre go into an insert in the mbox? I just read this somewhere. I currently have it in the mic input with the mbox pre turned all the way to the left (down). Is that right? Should I choose 'line' as the input choice?
I hate hooking stuff up. I just like turning stuff on.
Thanks,
Steve

good buy or bad buy?