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Originally Posted by Sir.Audio  Hi Slutzzzzssss...
If you feed a non-tube mic into a high end tube channel strip... is this the same as having a good tube mic into a transparent pre?
Or is the tube-character of a tube-mic due to it having the valve before goes down the XLR ?
any thoughts? |
It's common sense that tubes sound warm, and transistor based equipment is somewhat transparent/clean....sorry to disappoint you but this is wrong. What really matters is the design...
In other words, the fact a circuit is implement with tubes or op-amps doesn't say anything about its sonic characteristcs. A tube mic can sound really clean and bright (SE Z5600 comes to mind now, one of the brightest mics I've ever heard) or a FET based preamp like a 1073 can sound "tubey" (always refering to that above mentioned wrong common sense) and warm. Forget tubes and transistors, rent the equipment you think you may like, test it and keep what serves you best.