| Avalon is everything but not thin ( as someone said in the first post )
It is not the fastest pre ..... not realy great on transients , so it sounds good amd polished for balads and stuff , also it has some mud ( arround 200 - 300 Hz ) and that can stack up ....
I have Avalon 737 , api 512 c , Adesign silver and GR 500 ......
On vocals .... the sound of GR 500 ( not driven ) is similar to 737 .... I mean similar in frequency ..... fat and with not too much on highs ..... on most of vocals both of them work better than api 512 c ..... ( I record pop , RnB , and similar )
GR 500 driven , sounds better and more agressive than Api 512 .... Adesign silver sounds better too ....
Snares and guitars are different thing ..... also .... it really depends on which mic You are using ...... some of them pres might shine on some mics ..... some can shine on the other ..... the source is really important too .....
I can not say wich one is the best ..... Avalon IMHO is in the same class as the other ones .... not better , not worse ......
....... but it is just gooooooood to have options :)
Cheers
Max |