I'm selling my Great River ME-1NV and Neumann TLM 103 combo and would love to hear you 'slutz advice for my purchases. Thanks
I know those 2 topics (pro-sumer preamp & vocal mic) have been discussed to death on this board but hey, I think the specific "combo" angle brings a little spice!
Oh, and I have a modest budget of around 2500$ for the combo.
THE PREAMP (+DI would be nice)
Don't get me wrong, the ME-1NV is a great preamp but I simply can't seem to "dial" transparency on this unit. I've too often experienced what sounds like a distorted signal with it (might be the TLM 103's fault?)
I'm considering (in no particular order):
- Chandler Germanium
- Shadow Hills Mono GAMA Mic Pre
- Earthworks 1021
- A Designs Audio EM
- John Hardy Co. M1 Personal Mic Pre
- Speck MicPre 5.0
- D.A.V. electronics Broadhurst Gardens No. 1
THE MIC (Vocals and acoustic guitar)
I bought the TLM 103 upon sole recommendation of a mixing engineer I was working with at the time but I'm not satisfied with it and from what I have read here I'm not the only one! Hadn't heard about Gefell, Peluso, Coles, Soundelux & co at the time.
- Peluso 22 47 LE or 22 251
- Gefell M 930
- Soundelux U195
- Pearlman TM 1