[djanogil]

I have four different preamps;

-UA2108
-DAV BG1
-TAB V78M
-A Design Pacifica

Since I'm not too busy at the moment, I made some comparative recordings of finger picked ac. guitar and drums OH.
I did that because I realised that I didn't really know how each preamp sounds.
They all sound good, and I wanted to be able to qualify them to make more considered choices when choosing which one to use in sessions.
My conclusion is that they all have different characters and colours, but not to a point where any of them would be unsuitable for a particular source.
What I mean is I think any good preamp can do a great job at recording anything, and that it doesn't matter so much as long as it's a quality Pre.

Now I'm wondering how much a difference I would hear with preamps costing twice as much, like high end Tube pres; D.W Fearn, Mercury, Pendulum etc..
Also could you explain what do people mean when qualifying a Preamp as fast or slow, does that refer to how sharp the transients are captured?