Preamps: HJFP2 - UA610 - Onyx

[G-Sun]

A new preamp shootout:

• Hamptone HJFP2 (main object of shootout)
• Universal Audio 610 solo
• Mackie Onyx 800R

All files can be found Here (mp3 and wav)

Chain:
Source > Hamptone HJFP2 > RME Hdsp 9632 converter
Source > UA 610 solo > RME Hdsp 9632 converter
Source > Mackie Onyx 800R > Mackie Onyx 800R converter

Mics: Matched pair of Røde NT5, unless otherwise stated
Additional folders/sources/mics: DI bass, DI el. guitar, C1 jj mod vocal, Shure Sm7b vocal, Acoustic guitar Octava MK012

NT5 and DI are identical takes, the others are not.
All clips ar normalized with 500ms RMS-window

Note:
UA 610: G4 L9 means Gain set to 4, level set to 9 (1-10 both)
HJFP2: I've built this myself, still have a few issues to solve. But except the noise-floor, these clips I belive are fairly representative.
Noise:
1 - You may hear some PC noice on the condeser mic clips. Sorry, didn't bother/remember to shield the recordings.
2 - The HJFP2 channel I'm using has 5-6db more noise than the other (needs to be fixed), but it's not a big thing.

Bonus:
First non-Scandinavian who can tell what I'm saying gets a prize

Blog-post: http://geir-music.blogspot.com/2011/...a610-onyx.html
Please report any errors.

[GoldMember]

Originally Posted by G-Sun

A new preamp shootout:

• Hamptone HJFP2 (main object of shootout)
• Universal Audio 610 solo
• Mackie Onyx 800R

Mics: Matched pair of Røde NT5, unless otherwise stated

NT5 and DI are identical takes, the others are not.
All clips ar normalized with 500ms RMS-window

Note:
HJFP2: I've built this myself, still have a few issues to solve. But except the noise-floor, these clips I belive are fairly representative.

Please report any errors.

that matched pair seems suspicious.
your mic-pre has a nice sound in acguitar-2

Onyx

[G-Sun]

Originally Posted by GoldMember

that matched pair seems suspicious.

In what way? Like not matched?

[GoldMember]

Originally Posted by G-Sun

In what way? Like not matched?

all the -2 sound similar.
all the -1 sound similar.
but ac.guitar-2
sounds very different than ac.guitar-1

[keyzzz]

I like the Hamptone the best, sound, texture...sound great. Thanks for posting.