Can there be TOO much tube? If I use a tube mic, am I better off using a channel strip pre, rather than a tube pre?

I am looking at buying this as a tube direct box for recording guitars and bass at home. Would this work? Here's the specs...

Has anybody had any experience with this dual channel pre? It's only $250 and i was thinking of using with a pair of rode's NT5s for overheads on the drums? Any suggestions?

Hi All,

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

PreSonus TubePRE

SP VTB-1

The ART Pro tube compressoris it a p.o.s(you get what you pay for)oris it all marketing hype?
I hate asking these question,----should I just spend 1g more and buy a higher end compressor?

Hi guys,

For you electronics wizzes out there, i'll try to give you the reader's digest version, for the rest of you, this will be a VERY boring post:

I bought an old tube pre at a garage sale for $5 (altec Lansing 1567A, hand wired, all tube, decades old)

I had it converted to 4 into 4. I have 2 of the original mic transformers("Peerless 4722," 38/150:50K)

How do you guys feel about using tube mics into tube preamps? Is this just "too much tube"?

I'm assuming all my favorite, character-drenched recordings from the 70's used this chain (and then some - tube eq's, tube compression, etc.).

So I just bought some new old gear.

(2) White 30 band EQs
(1) Blues Tube preamp

Has anyone heard of these White EQs before? What do you think? I haven't got them up and running yet.

I've seen a few home engenieers using Blue Tube preamps. Good? Bad?