To bake a cake, you need the same ingredients. What makes a world classs chef able to bake a far superior cake?
Instrument chips perform a function and the designer has many variables that he can manipulate to get very different results. The power supply design alone can make a big difference in sound and world class pres have very expensive supplies. This is one of the most overlooked parts of any electronic design.
But, virtually anyone with some electronic experience can hook up these same chips with component values offerred by the spec sheet and have a working pre-amp. It is designs like these that will sound very much the same.
Two different approaches using the same IC chip. The sound and performance is all you can really use to qualify any pre-amp in the end.
Instrument chips perform a function and the designer has many variables that he can manipulate to get very different results. The power supply design alone can make a big difference in sound and world class pres have very expensive supplies. This is one of the most overlooked parts of any electronic design.
But, virtually anyone with some electronic experience can hook up these same chips with component values offerred by the spec sheet and have a working pre-amp. It is designs like these that will sound very much the same.
Two different approaches using the same IC chip. The sound and performance is all you can really use to qualify any pre-amp in the end.