[aberwastone]

Just about all the greatest 500 pre's for acoustic and voice use what? Jensens... Yes I am a Jensen fan and proud..

Thanks to this post...I realized that Lachappelle and Avedis both use Jensen in some way..in or out or both...

Man..I just bought a 512c...from VK...I wish I would have gotten the Lachappelle 583s or Ma5... instead...

Oh well, I will find use for my 512c..

Question? Just an observation... but... Were all the volumes the same? To my ears...you can be easily fooled to believe one sounds better than the other by volume alone. For example...The guitar tracks for the P1 were louder than the API 512c.. But I told my ears to ignore the volume jedi mind trick...and listen to the tone, harmonics, all that good stuff... And I was more able to find the 500s I liked... The MA5 is the overall winner. I am buying one of those this week. The acoustic and voice winner is the Lachapelle 583s. There were some close calls. ..especially for the guitar. S-Hill, BIZ rocked, MA-5, Bizarr, Red, ...I heard more guitar detail with those..Also the vox volumes would fluctuate from pre to pre...I ignored that as well.....I was listening for the realism that each pre provided.. I like hearing a vox recording where the singer sounds like he or she is right in front of you, doing it live..so to say...Like Jack Johnson's new record..sleeping in the static..awesome recording and the 583s recordings you guys did..nice work!

Thanks for the post!!!


PS...what HAPPENED?? to the massive The Juggernaut??? I really wanted to hear that one..maybe next time.