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Microphone Preamplifiers
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FOCUSRITE LIQUID4PRE
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11.15.2007
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What’s in a name? Well, here it’s everything. If fluid control is what you focus on in a four-channel preamp, look no further than Focusrite’s LIQUID4PRE.
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Manley TNT Microphone Preamplifier
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Manley’s new “dual-but-different” channel amp equals hours of tweaky and explosive fun.
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by Rob Tavaglione, 10.15.2007
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The dual-channel Manley TNT is loosely named after its “Tube ‘n No Tube” channels. But I contend that it could also refer to “Tweak ‘n Tweak,” as that’s what you’ll be doing with this $3,000 preamp’s wealth of interesting options.
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Core Sound Mic2496 Portable Mic Preamp
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This PDA-sized two-channel mic preamp and A/D converter provides convenient location sound recording via S/PDIF input.
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by Mike Rivers, 10.15.2007
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Location recording media has changed over the years, but front-end preferences for portable recording are still as follows: compact size, battery operation and very good built-in microphones and/or a respectable mic preamp.
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TRUE P2Analog Stereo Microphone Preamp
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This high-end unit maintains its transparency, and is now more affordable.
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by John Gatski, 9.15.2007
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In 2002, I reviewed the True P2Analog and found it as accurate as any high mic preamp I had ever used — maybe more so.
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True Systems P-SOLO Ribbon Preamp
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6.15.2007
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They might as well have called the P-SOLO Ribbon the Blue Ribbon with all the awards it’s garnered since its introduction.
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Mackie Onyx 400F Preamp/FireWire Interface
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An inexpensive, four-channel preamp offering clean, quiet, uncolored sound — and more.
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by Tom Jung, 6.15.2007
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My experience with Mackie products would not qualify me as a “Mackoid.” But the Onyx 400F mic preamp and FireWire interface sounded like an interesting product, and with all the good things I have heard about the Onyx mic pres it seemed like a good item to check out.
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Little Labs LMNOPre Microphone Preamplifier
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An LA studio legend unveils his latest box of stellar signal path curiosities.
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by Mike Rivers, 6.15.2007
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Jonathan Little retired from the hustle of Los Angeles studios a few years ago and started Little Labs, where he develops studio problem solvers.
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TAB-Funkenwerk V78M Vacuum Tube Mic Preamp
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A faithfully recreated Telefunken V72S meticulously built by Oliver Archut’s boutique audio firm.
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by Alan Silverman, 5.15.2007
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Thanks to Oliver Archut, much of the knowledge required to faithfully recreate some of the finest designs of German vintage vacuum tube audio has been preserved for posterity.
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AEA TRP Ribbon Microphone Preamplifier
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A high-gain, sweet-sounding preamp for non-phantom-powered ribbon microphones.
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by DR. FREDERICK J BASHOUR, 4.15.2007
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I bought and reviewed an AEA R84 ribbon microphone in 2003, and ever since I've been searching for its perfect preamp.
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Prism Sound Maselec MMA-4XR Microphone Preamplifier
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A little tweak here, a new board there makes a dandy preamp upgrade.
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by Stephen Murphy, 1.15.2007
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UK-based Prism Sound Ltd. was established as an R&D consultancy in 1987 by former AMS-Neve engineers Graham Boswell and Ian Dennis.
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PreSonus ADL 600 Microphone Preamp
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PreSonus moves up-market with some of Anthony DeMaria's magic.
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by Russ Long, 1.15.2007
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I've been hearing Anthony DeMaria's name since the early 1990s and it has always been synonymous with high quality, tube-based circuit design.
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Toft Audio Designs AFC-2 Mic Preamp/EQ
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From Malcolm Toft - a nicely-priced mic preamp with a great EQ section.
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by Russ Long, 11.15.2006
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Consoles designed by the legendary Malcolm Toft have been used to record albums for everyone from David Bowie and Elton John to Pavarotti and Radiohead.
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SM Pro Audio PR8E Preamplifier
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by Paul Richards, 11.15.2006
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In collaboration with the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences, one ot the country’s leading pro audio teaching facilities, PAR has introduced a regular series of in-depth reviews conducted at the Conservatory’s state-of-the-art teaching faculty in Phoenix.
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A-Designs Audio Pacifica Mic Preamp
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The sound of the Quad Eight console is back and in a box!
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by Russ Long, 10.31.2006
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I fell in love with the Quad Eight console while working at Nashville’s House of David studio (www.houseofdavidstudio.com) in the early 90s.
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API A2D Dual Mic Preamplifier/A-D
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Legendary analog combines with state-of-the-art digital converter.
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by Stephen Murphy, 10.31.2006
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Can this, the first product in a new age for API, live up to its, um, legacy?
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Lavry Engineering LavryBlue Mic Pre Module
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by Stephen Murphy, 7.01.2006
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The LavryBlue series is a user-configurable modular system based around a single-rack space chassis (model LE 4496). The chassis has five single-width module bays; modules are powered by the LE 4496's internal power supply, which interfaces with the outside world via a standard IEC power cable.
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Oram Octasonic Plus Eight-Channel Mic Preamp
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by Stephen Murphy, 5.01.2006
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John Oram's Octasonic Plus eight-channel microphone preamplifier is the latest release in the Oram Octa-series of products. Also in the series is the OctaEQ eight-channel four-band EQ, OctaMix eight-channel stereo summing mixer and OctaFade eight-channel stereo summing mixer with 100mm faders.
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Buzz Audio ARC 1.1 Analog Recording Channel
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by Stephen Murphy, 3.01.2006
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New Zealand's Buzz Audio released its first commercial pro audio product in 1993. Owner/designer Tim Farrant's unique Class A preamp was originally inspired by an ultra low-noise moving coil pickup circuit Farrant had developed during his broadcast engineering years.
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ADK AP-2 Microphone Preamp
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by Stephen Murphy, 11.01.2005
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Vancouver-Wash.-based ADK Microphones adds a unique twist to its AP-series microphone preamplifiers that sets them apart in the crowded and competitive preamp market: interchangeable components. Calling it "Pop and Swap" technology, ADK's preamp design features a daughter board-mounted input transformer and a socketed op amp package that conforms to the Jensen 990/API 2520 footprint.
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Oram Al Schmitt Pro-Channel GMS
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by Stephen Murphy, 10.01.2005
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Perched at the highest end of Oram's range of analog rackmount products is the Al Schmitt Pro-Channel Grand Master Series. As its name (and the cute dual-flag emblem on the front panel) implies, the Pro-Channel is a transatlantic collaboration between British designer John Oram and renowned American engineer/producer Al Schmitt.
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