Looking for top quality Mic preamps

[JoniMnemonic]

Could anyone point me in the direction of some high quality producers of Microphone pre-amps, compressors and equalizers?

Cheers.

[HEADROOM]

Do a search under PRE AMP and you wil find 4567495879873498736987936789679339879867968739687586 Threads.



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[henryrobinett]

Yeah, but wait. This is probably Joni Mitchell's first post. Be nice.

Millennia, GML, Neve, uh, . . . uh. Yeah, do a search.

[jdjustice]

just about everything sold here:
Mercenary Audio

and here:
Atlas Pro Audio

and here:
Vintage King Audio

is special and high-end.
look for manufacturers like:
A-Designs
Buzz Audio
Chandler Limited
Crane Song
DW Fearn
Daking
Empirical Labs
Great River

ok i can't name them all; just check out the websites above.


cheers,
~j.d.

[HEADROOM]

Originally Posted by henryrobinett

Yeah, but wait. This is probably Joni Mitchell's first post. Be nice.

Millennia, GML, Neve, uh, . . . uh. Yeah, do a search.

OOOPs... hi Joni......

[lblstudio]

API, Great River,

I have a Presonus ADL600 and love it.

What are you looking to record? Do you want a decent all around preamp? How much do you want to spend? What other gear do you have?

[carloff]

for voice:
solidstate:
Neve 1073
Cranesong Flamingo
Great River
Phoenix DRS2
Aurora GT2
tube:
Pendulum MDP1
DW Fearn
Telefunken V72-V76
Manley Voxbox

[jdjustice]

Originally Posted by carloff

for voice:
solidstate:
Neve 1073
Cranesong Flamingo
Great River
Phoenix DRS2
Aurora GT2
tube:
Pendulum MDP1
DW Fearn
Telefunken V72-V76
Manley Voxbox

oooh i like this list. makes me giddy

[carloff]

He said high quality

[digibird]

Buy a Great River MP2NV and an API 3124 for a rockin' good start in preamp world. You will find much to endorse and little, if anything, to disparage these 2 pieces. This would be as mistake-free as a purchase could possibly be in audio..

[JoniMnemonic]

Thanks very much for all the replies and just want to apologise for double posting the thread!

I'm not actually recording, It's a university project which requires me to create a vocal pathway with a minimum spend of £6000, so I'm just trying to get some ideas of where best to look for the equipment.

Thanks again!

Joni