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Originally Posted by 1979

I'm a huge Ryan Adams head. I Know this a common answer that you probably don't want to hear, but an old 1073 nails his vocal sound on Cold Roses, Jacksonville city lights, and Love is Hell. Using them with an m149 or a u87, and even a 57. If your into his Whiskeytown vocal sound, I could n't tell what to use.
,a vintage 1073 is likely not a viable solution for yourself, nor is it for me either. but I would definitely hunt down someting in the ballpark- GT Aurora, Wunder, Vintage design, Seventh Circle Audio, Averill.

I'm probably in the same ballpark you are gear wise ( I use, but don't own any of the gear I mentioned above) Pre's I v'e been considering are the wunder PAfour, Daking IV, ATI 8mx2(for something super functional), or a 500 series mix of pre's. However, I'm most sold on the Seventh Circle stuff, mainly because I not worried about building them myself, I can load the modules up as I have the time and money, and I can put together 8 channels for the price of most boutique four channel units.

Cheers

What about "Gold?" It's not the most popular favorite Ryan album but I love that modern 70s sound.