drstawl, bbj...
...reason I ask is, of course, I'm looking into more preamplification now. The dbx looks like a definite step up in terms of quality from the ART Tube MPs I'm using now. Two things are holding me back (no, not the price
):
1
The Presonus Blue Tube, which has just come out, cheaper even than the ART Dual, and which is getting some good comments from people, combined with...
2 ...my listening to the 3D Audio Preamp CD, which compared a load of preamps, all of which sounded pretty much equally good to me, just slight variations in color. For example, for all the difference (which, to me, was slight) between
the dbx 386 and 586, I'd pocket the considerable difference or spend it on a mic.
So, the question for me is, if there's no important difference for me in preamps at the 386 price level and above, is there a similar lack of difference between the Presonus Blue/ART Dual and the dbx unit? I'm willing to believe that there *is* an AUDIBLE AND IMPORTANT difference, but I don't know. Other people might have more than an opinion - other people might know. For example, are more expensive units cleaner, especially when you start doing a load of tracks on the same cut?
BTW, thanks for your replies, home recording persons.