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i wanna buy a tube preamp and a compressor

can u guys give me some equipment you think i should buy i already di some research but i wanna what you guys have to say...first of all i got a at4040 and a mbox 2 i wanna get a tube pre for it and a compressor/gate also and eq rack..my budget is about anywhere from 150 to 250 but i dont really need the eq rack i just want one but it could wait or what would u guys suggest cuz i could always e

How come TUBE TECH LCA-2B compressor gets no respect?

I thought a tube compressor would compliment my Alan Smart C-1 nicely for my 2-bus and final master to CD but can't for the life of me find any glowing reviews anywhere on the unit. It's obviously a high end piece of gear but from what I read on forums though the Manley vari-mu (which I couldn't afford) definitely is preferred by most.

Tube/Valve compressor

Hi,

in my home studio, I am ready to take the leap from using compressor plugins to buying a decent 2 channel tube/valve hardware compressor.

I have around £500 ($1000) to spend and need something that would be a good allrounder (vox, bass, drums, guitars). Something that is also ok to run stereo mixes through would be an advantage.

Problems with my ART Tube Preamp

I just bought an ART Tube MP Studio V3 preamp, and am plugging it into the "line in" input on my computer. It just came in yesterday, and for the ten minutes I had to play with it I was Micing my acoustic guitar. I got a great signal. Today I plugged my electric guitar directly into it, and it was barely giving me any gain.