1. Because you can mix and match a Neve, API, Hardy, and Millenia style pre in a single chassis.
2. Eight channels of unassembled A12 - $2893. Eight channels of API with lunchbox and power supply - $~7000 from Mercenary. I'm sorry but that's not even close.
3. Even assembled, the A12s are...
This is crazy. You may not notice the significant difference between a $300 preamp and a $1000 preamp, but almost everyone else with any experience does.
This is an idiotic standard of truth. It's quite possible the Pink Floyd people have deluded themselves. What other engineers think cable direction is important?
The Pultec is the best EQ I've ever used by far. Not that I've used a lot of EQs, but, IMO, it beats the Waves Renaissance EQ, the Sonitus EQ, and the built-in EQ in N-Track (which I longer use.)
I love my SM7 on cabs and vocals. Such a nice mic. And just a tip, I almost never use the included windscreen with it. I use a metal pop filter. It looks really cool without the windscreen, so that's a bonus. :)
Wow, there's a lot of people with small penises that will give you negative rep if you say anything positive about any Studio Projects product, apparently. I sincerely like my T3 so far, and if I get unsigned negative rep for saying that, so be it.
COWARDS!!!
Got my T3 last night, and my initial experience with it is very good. Sounded nice on two vocalists. Kind of like a less spitty Rode NTK with multiple patterns.
Does the Firepod have separate line ins? If not, is there anyway to bypass the preamps on the Firepod? If you can't, they will probably affect how much of an improvement you'll see by going to the RNP.
The RNP is a great pre. Well worth the money. I haven't used the Firepod pres, so I don't know how they would compare, but my guess is that the RNP would be a noticeable improvement.
I just got that tube. Thanks for the tip. A friend of mine that got the T3 said the tube upgrade was an improvement for him. Is the tube on the T3 socketed?
Yes, but when I spoke with Justin Hyatt on the phone he said "I think we have one or two of those left" so I think, at one time, there was more than one.
In any case, I know I'm getting one because I've tracked my UPS shipment. It's coming tomorrow for me. I would call up PMI and ask them if...