I had read many post about DIY preamps kits and myself been watching and thinking seriously about getting something done.

But is this question on my mind: Do the DIY kit preamps fill the need of self estime or they bring quality at not so expensive rates?

what i'm seriously looking for is cleaner, colored and quieter preamp, and the prices are relatively lows.

peace.

I have a small home-studio that shares space with our bands practice space. When we practice, we are plugged into the mixer for the PA. When we want to record, we have to take time to unplug from the mixer and plugin to the preamps in the studio (Seventh Circle, ART Digital MPA).

I just purchased an Altec 1567a Tube mixer on ebay. I use an apple powerbook w/ mbox. I'm one of "those guys" who don't know sh*t about the schematics of vintage gear (yet), but am in love with their sound. I've been recording on everything TUBE and 2" machines at a few studios ... just never ran the stuff. I've used these as preamps before, and they definietly kick some ass...

i just ordered a Shure KSM27 that should be in soon. is there a need for a preamp or will the vocals be dramatically improved without it.

i'm going to be buying a new preamp soon, and i was wondering if a better quality preamp opens up modeling devices such as a johnson j-station or line6 stuff the same way that it is supposed to do for mics? I'm using an mbox right now, but i'm looking at getting a PreSonus eureka. thanx.

I currently have MXL v69 mogami edition tube mic and i'm looking for the right preamp. i was thinking of getting a tube preamp but somebody had told that some problems might arise. i just wanted to make sure if i do decide to get a tub preamp there won't be any problems.

I want to get a preamp for vocals. (for eastern voices and western harmonies). I was looking at Avalon M5 but it seems they are not shipping them at the moment. I could get it from somebody who has them but I would want to wait and see what the reason is for Avalon to not ship them before I buy that.

Hi there.

I'm currently on a RME HDSP 9632 using only the analog in's and sp/dif out (at the moment).
I record only guitar, both electric and electro-acoustic.

However, I find the input from the El-acoustic to be a tad too low for an effective recording, hence the topic/subject of this post.

I have recently begun upgrading my studio with some better preamps (seventh circle) and converters (ISA428 card) and for some reason my 30 year old teac 2-track recorder has escaped my eye untill now.

Hey, I don't really post much, but I've been floating around for a while..

Anyway, I play in a reggae influenced band outta buffalo, NY. I've been doing the band's latest recordings in our home studio, (Mackie Board, MOTU A/D Converter, Soundcraft Compact 4, various mics, etc. )