Help needed in selecting a great pair of mic pres- style of V76 or 1073 on a budget.

[leon777]

I am looking for advise on the best mic pre's for recording acoustic guitar.
They will be used mostly for "acoustic guitar" and an occasional vox.

Budget is tight. I have the Control 24 so whatever pair I get would have to be a
significant improvement over the Focusrites. I don't know if that's possible with a 1k price
budget. Maybe I should wait till my budget increases. or just but one good pre for now.

I have read up on the ART Tube MP Personal Tube Mic Preamp, GRACE DESIGN 101
MIC PREAMP, Joe Meek and such. Am I wasting time with these guys?

Anyone know of a great pair of pres in the $500-1000 range that would compete with the
big boys? I've had API's, Neve 1073's, Telefunken V76's, Avalon and Manleys in the past
but all is gone now due to $$$. It's a drag but life goes on.

V76's and 1073's were my all time favorites. Would love to have something that comes
close to either of these. I know! I know! I'm dreaming but maybe there's a puppy out there for me.

Thanks.

Leon

[tdukex]

Do not cross post.

[leon777]

TDUKEX! FUCK OFF!!! DON"T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!

[Tom Hicks]

play nice Leon
Courtesy will go a long way to getting the folks here in the right frame of mind to help you out.
Oh yeah...don't cross post.It's bad manners and wastes bandwidth.
Tom

AND DON'T SHOUT

[The Garage]

cross post? what's that mean? and i like the joemeek vc1q pre. i think they have a dual for under a grand.

[Slackmaster2K]

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[Jan]

Hi, I tried various cheap and mid-priced pre¡¦s including Focusrite (not the Red series), Art, Mindprint, Behringer and was never really enthusiastic about them etc except for the Behringer Ultragain which I kept because it¡¦s a reasonably good extra stereo pre for really very little money.

I¡¦m quite happy with my VC1-Q now. Strangely enough I¡¦m not a big fan of the compressor, which colors the sound just a bit too much for my taste (perhaps I still have to learn how to use it effectively), but I do like the pre (quiet, warm, lots of gain, and no distortion or artifacts) and love the equalizer and enhancer. Basically it¡¦s a very good sounding unit which sounds great clean but also really lets you modify the sound if you want without going into distortion, or in other words if you turn the knobs something actually happens and you can hear it (I always like that in a unit ƒº).

I used various mics with it such as NTK and TLM103 but also cheap ones like AKG C2000B and they all sound good.

Jan

[GONZO-X]

i had the art toob, it has it's place, great for driving bass guitar, but the audio buddy is cleaner, and has 2 channels instead of only one, and has phantom power, and is cheaper.

no tube though.

and thanks for the cross posting lessons, people.