i need a nice preamp for a blue kiwi.. i'm looking to get the best vocal sound i can. the budget for the preamp is 2000...
i've been thinking about a-designs,Focusrite red8,Sebatron 2000e with vu...
what other pres come to mind?

Hey guys, still debating which mic preamp to get. I only have a Allen and Heath board and a little Joemeek so I need one that will be the best all around going into Nuendo. I can get a new (open box) UA 610 for $999. Great deal but would this be a good starter pre. Would it build up too much if I use it for kick/snare (or room mics) then for bass, guitars, voxes etc?

Hello folks. I don't think I've ever posted here before. I just bought some inexpensive pres on eBay. I need some extra inexpensive ones to go with my DAW. I have 8 channels of some really nice pres - Millennia but I just need some extra to pull in through lightpipe in case I need more.

I've had it in my head that one of my next purchases would be a preamp specifically for overheads. Anyone have a recommendation (I'd love to see a range of prices) for such a unit? Seems like it would have a mixing bus for instances where hard left/right panning wasn't desired (since I'm using a DAW, I'd rather have analog summing) and mid/side decoding.

This is a variation on a thread I was following on antoher forum...

If you have 2 really nice mic preamps (your "money pres"), where do you use them when Micing a drum kit (assuming you are close Micing the entire kit here)?

-Both OHs?
-Snare + Kick?
-One OH + Kick?

I've got a line for a Speck Xtramix for about $1500, and have heard a lot of good things about this. I'm currently using a Spirit LX7. Is this $1500 going to be better spent upgrading my mixer or should I plough the dough into getting a better preamp? The only outboard I have at the mo is a Drawmer 1969. Whaddaya think?

what are your favoured preamps for the following mics:

1. Royer r-121
2. AKG c-414 b/uls

thanks

Can Anyone give me an idea of the quality of these pre's. I'm using the pre's in an Alesis Studio 32 for Kick drum and Tom Toms (MD421s for toms and MD421 or Beta 52 for kick). I would like to get some great mic preamp's for this, but won't have the money for a little while.

Anyone had any experience with this preamp? IYO does it compare well with the Focusrite red amps or other quality pre's? What would be a good "used" price?

I was looking at the M-Audio Delta 44 website and i saw in a chart that there is a built in mic preamp. I was going to buy this because i wanted external mic preamps. Is there a way to bypass these?
thanks