I have been using my Mackie VLZ mixer for a few years and would like to get a preamp that is a step up from that...My price range is ~500. There are many mic preamps in this range (grace 101, Summit 2BA-221, "The Brick", RNP etc.) and some of them are tube...Since my main vocal mic is a RODE NTK should I avoid a tube pre and go with something cleaner to bring out the NTK sound?

I've been reading a lot in these forums about good quality pres and I've got a pretty good idea of where I want to go in the future (brick, seb, et. al)

i just got one of the tab funkenwerk v78 mic preamps its one of the coolest things ive ever heard does anyone else have one

I know a little bit about home recording and have gotten some decent sounds, but I don't know very much about mic preamps. Right now I'm using an mbox. I am looking into getting a Royer R-121but don't know if the mbox preamps are good enough. If they aren't, could you recommend something for under $500 that would give good results.

Ok I have
a)ART Tube Microphone Preamplifier and
b) AKG Acoustics D880m

Hi all -

This is probably a long shot, but has anyone considered trying to setup a group buy for API or Neve preamps?

I was thinking we could go in for some 3124's, API Lunchboxes with the cards, Seventh Circle Audio clones, or some Neve clones.

Can anyone briefly describe the functions of the preamp controls and what they accomplish.

Thanks!

Pokie

Hi All,

Anyone use this? How does it compare to the SP VTB-1 or the Brick?