R Parker a ?crit : >> >>Interesting, but these are different beast, I think >>the hamptone pre >>must be much more colored (transformer, two stage >>jfet amplifier) and >>less versatile, > > > I'm curious, could you explain what you mean by a lack > of versatility? > Transformer input pre have they own sound, sometime it's what you are looking for sometime not. It also depend of the kind of stuff you are recording : people who do classical recording often prefer a cleaner sound. You can always add some color after the take if you want, but it's impossible to remove it .... Just like a compressor ... > Reguarding "color", audio engineers purchase for it. > The difference of sound quality between Avalon, Neve, > Focusrite, Soundtrac, etc is obvious and I want them > for their distinct qualities. > True, but I doubt that it would be their choice if they have to buy only one preamp. But i'm not an audio engineer... > > The model I'm curious about is the HVTP2: 2 CHANNEL > TRANSFORMER BALANCED TUBE MICPRE KIT. What is your > take on that model? > Well, tube mic pre are almost always the same, a Xfrm and some tube stage after. There are plenty of schematics on the net. What make the difference is often the tube quality. Christophe
