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Old 31st July 2008   #22
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Originally Posted by river View Post
Economics. I had just purchased the property for my studio and spent time and money to convert it to a recording space, had yet to purchase other essential pieces of my signal chain, so it came down to budget. A good friend who is also in the biz tipped me off to how well these pres responded to rolling tubes. My next major purchases will be some high end pres in the coming year or two, but I have every intention of keeping these and continuing to use them. BTW, even though they're not expensive, they are Class A electronics.
Interesting. I've quite a few API pres and a couple of ISA220. I'm about to get an A-Designs Pacifica but could still do with a few more pres but obviously don't have much budget left. I'll try and get hold of an MPA to try it.

I wonder if the replacement tubes are obtainable in the UK?
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