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Makinithappen · 26th August 2006

Just my opinion but I have the ART MPA Gold and the TPSII in my B Studio and personally I think the TPSII (170 dollars) sounds better. I bought the MPA after I had been impressed (for the cost) with the TPS. I thought it sounded pretty harsh on the high mids, plus the left channel is kinda glichy. Probably just mine but...whatever.

My $.02, try looking at the Focusrite TwinTrakPro. I know it isn't tube but I use it at home and I'm pretty pleased. The compressor on it sucks and a lot of the features are useless but I think the pres are pretty nice. That price range for pres is kinda tricky. Seems like stuff jumps from $200 up to $1500 real fast with not much in between.

26th August 2006	#9
Makinithappen Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: St. Louis, MO USA (Hot Louis) Posts: 1,566	Just my opinion but I have the ART MPA Gold and the TPSII in my B Studio and personally I think the TPSII (170 dollars) sounds better. I bought the MPA after I had been impressed (for the cost) with the TPS. I thought it sounded pretty harsh on the high mids, plus the left channel is kinda glichy. Probably just mine but...whatever. My $.02, try looking at the Focusrite TwinTrakPro. I know it isn't tube but I use it at home and I'm pretty pleased. The compressor on it sucks and a lot of the features are useless but I think the pres are pretty nice. That price range for pres is kinda tricky. Seems like stuff jumps from $200 up to $1500 real fast with not much in between. __________________ I think you'll find that 'generic and flavourless' is generally something that occurs before the microphone -Karloff70 Two f**in' weeks to make up your mind whether you want a beard or you want a job. This is the Buddy Rich Band; young people...with faces!- Buddy Rich