Affordable ($100 or less a channel used) 8 channel preamp for upgrade

Sean Sullivan · 1st February 2012

I'm in the market for a clean, fast preamp for the studio. We have a PreSonus M80 which there are some
good upgrades for, but unfortunately ours is surface mount.

I'd like to avoid transformers and tubes if that's possible; we have enough colored options.

One thats peaked my interest: Oram Octasonic. Used they are in my price range.

If there aren't any 8 channel options, I'd consider 2 and 4 channel options.

motupost · 2nd February 2012

Have a look at the higher end focusrite options very clean sounding and 8 channel options.

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Sean Sullivan · 2nd February 2012

I've used the ISA series but they are not what I'm looking for; I'd like to find something that is transformerless

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Sean Sullivan Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 3,439 Thread Starter 1 Review written	Affordable ($100 or less a channel used) 8 channel preamp for upgrade I'm in the market for a clean, fast preamp for the studio. We have a PreSonus M80 which there are some good upgrades for, but unfortunately ours is surface mount. I'd like to avoid transformers and tubes if that's possible; we have enough colored options. One thats peaked my interest: Oram Octasonic. Used they are in my price range. If there aren't any 8 channel options, I'd consider 2 and 4 channel options.

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motupost Gear Head Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 37	Have a look at the higher end focusrite options very clean sounding and 8 channel options. Sent from my GT-I9000 using Gearslutz.com