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Originally Posted by mamm7215  I actually got the mpa gold because I already had the pro vla and wanted to "match" the pair, for what it's worth. Just a me thing. I very much like the clean sound out of the mpa gold and the fact that it's NON starved-plate. You actually get high (300) voltage to the tube or you can disable the tube and use it as a straight solid state pre-amp. Nice features. You can upgrade the tubes easily as well if you're so inclined. I'm sure I'll tweak this at a later date. It's a nice stereo pre/compressor chain for my vox and bass. I use a studio projects
C1 and the mpa/vla combo takes a bit of the high harshness out of the mic while still allowing the C1 to sit great in a mix. Hope this helps. |
Yeah, I have a VLA and that's exactly what I want. I am a guitarist, and I love experimenting with different tubes in my gear (I already swapped out the stock tubes in the VLA for NOS Mullard 12AT7's, though I might try some JAN GE 5751's soon). I am planning on getting a ribbon mic, too, which I have never used before, but I understand that I need a lot of gain (the MPA advertises that it is suitable for ribbons, which is one of the reasons I put it on my short list).
- Chris