warlock110
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I have on my hand right now some of the cheap preamp that people ask questions about, so i'm gonna proceed to write something short about them.
1) Beringer Mic800, real nice looking, sounds very similar to the beringer Euro mixer line, thin, sharp, totally stand out from the mix, not good.
2) Audio buddy: people complain about it's phantom power, i'm driving a mic that's probably using more than 3X the power of typical large condenser mic, it's not lacking phantom power people are just having faulty units, very thick sounding, fuzzy, better than the beringer Mic800 but not by much, for 70 bucks, it's so not worth it.
3) Art MP tube: the noise level is there, who says it's not (some does) is not cranking up the gain, it's thick sounding, but believe it or not, thiner than the audio buddy lol, also a little fuzzy, the noise is probably not usable in high gain application, but for 30-40 bucks, i rank it higher than the audio buddy
4) DMP3: the most expensive out of them all, better? yes, people claims it's "clear/transparent", don't let it misslead you like it did with me, it is not sharp sounding or tiny/thin, it actually has a full detail sound, and it's clear, it cut through the mix nicely but still sits in and not annoying like the other pre.
I didn't believe that the DMP3 was good, for 150, it's good, it's worth it, i don't have anything better to compare it to, so i have no idea, next unit i get is probably gonna be the Rane MS1b or the Joe Meek 3Q, they both use the same amp as the dmp3, same price too.
I hate how i can't test gears before i buy them, so my lost is ur gain, i have these 4 to test, i can't return them, so those that look into it, for the price difference the DMP3 is still worth it.
All is going through the CAD M177 for vocal. good luck, wow, this dam DMP3 sounds better the more i listen to it.
1) Beringer Mic800, real nice looking, sounds very similar to the beringer Euro mixer line, thin, sharp, totally stand out from the mix, not good.
2) Audio buddy: people complain about it's phantom power, i'm driving a mic that's probably using more than 3X the power of typical large condenser mic, it's not lacking phantom power people are just having faulty units, very thick sounding, fuzzy, better than the beringer Mic800 but not by much, for 70 bucks, it's so not worth it.
3) Art MP tube: the noise level is there, who says it's not (some does) is not cranking up the gain, it's thick sounding, but believe it or not, thiner than the audio buddy lol, also a little fuzzy, the noise is probably not usable in high gain application, but for 30-40 bucks, i rank it higher than the audio buddy
4) DMP3: the most expensive out of them all, better? yes, people claims it's "clear/transparent", don't let it misslead you like it did with me, it is not sharp sounding or tiny/thin, it actually has a full detail sound, and it's clear, it cut through the mix nicely but still sits in and not annoying like the other pre.
I didn't believe that the DMP3 was good, for 150, it's good, it's worth it, i don't have anything better to compare it to, so i have no idea, next unit i get is probably gonna be the Rane MS1b or the Joe Meek 3Q, they both use the same amp as the dmp3, same price too.
I hate how i can't test gears before i buy them, so my lost is ur gain, i have these 4 to test, i can't return them, so those that look into it, for the price difference the DMP3 is still worth it.
All is going through the CAD M177 for vocal. good luck, wow, this dam DMP3 sounds better the more i listen to it.