ART DMPA Pro or Avalon??

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I just talked to the sales manager at ART and he said that the ART DMPA Pro sounded as good as any Avalon. Would love to have some feedback.
 
The manager of ART told you his product competed favorably with one that's 4x as much....imagine that!

I don't know the answer, because I haven't played with either. But I'm going with that's a suspect statement.
 
"ART DMPA Pro or Avalon??"

Is that a trick question?

The only way to truly know the answer would be to A/B them side by side in a blind test. It would be interesting, because sometimes less expensive gear can really surprise you in blind tests. But I kind of suspect the Avalon would come out ahead.
 
the first pre i ever purchased was the dbx 376 tube channel strip, told in digital mode it sounded better than an Avalon 737 tube strip....(first mistake) soon after that purchase I bought an ART pro MPA two channel tube pre, told it was as good as a Universal Audio 610 "due to the arts tubes" (shame on me!)

The first chance i got to work with an Avalon 737 I realized what a smuck I was! both my ART and DBX are in the closet, You want to buy em?

dont buy into that company BS, if you want the best sounding 2 ch. pre for under 1k, get an FMR RNP. if your dead set on tubes, look at the mono channel Summit 2BA-221 ($500.00) or even the Studio Projects mono tube/solid state VTB-1 ($129.00) believe it or not

If you want an Avalon then get the real deal. the AD2022 is a fantastic clean mic pre (no tubes) $2200.00 or even the tube driven mono 737 $1900.00 (which I'm not a big fan of BTW)...whatever you do, dont buy into that PR BS!
 
Kind of. Better to pool the money together and get better quality than spread it out on more quantity of lower quality. Preamps are one area where money does indeed buy quality, and where that quality truly makes a difference.
 
I just bought the focusrite platinum twintrak pro. At first I wasn't sure about it...I had my heart set on a tube preamp. It has an eq and a compressor (albeit each with limited control parameters). Now that I have tried it ....I like it. Still playing with it....experimenting with settings.

If anyone else has tried this piece (or has more info).....I would be interested to hear about it.

BTW: this is my first post/reply
 
I wouldn't buy any piece of gear from an outright liar.-Richie
 
I would treat this thread with a degree of skepticism considering that Deepwater, who started this thread has claimed in a different thread to be an ART dealer.

Is somebody trolling? :confused:

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I would treat this thread with a degree of skepticism considering that Deepwater, who started this thread has claimed in a different thread to be an ART dealer.
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HAHAHAHAHA, busted!
 
Guys I am an ART dealer. But I'm a sound contractor. I don't stock equipment and just wanted to know if it was worth buying for my home studio. I'll I had to go on was what the sales manager at ART told me. So I came to you guy for help and now you call me a liar.
 
You're a dealer, so the question makes even less sense! As a dealer, how is it that you don't know where the products you sell actually fit in the market pecking-order????

And since when has anything by ART ever been even remotely considered in the same leagues as the big boys????
 
I haven't seen anyone call you a liar but if you are involved in an audio business it may be prudent to add your business name, etc., as a signature so it shows whenever you post.

And like it or not, the circumstances make either this thread look somewhat suspicious OR make you look somewhat, let's just say, silly.
 
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That's what I thought. But when I was told by the sales manager that it was as good as the Avalon I just thought I'd ask the people that would know. Like I said I'm a sound contractor I install live sound system in churches and the studio line of gear is new to me. All I deal with is Soundcraft, Crest, Renkus-Heinz, OAP, EV and Audix.

Live sound and the recording industry are to differant birds. It's like having a brain surgen do heart surgery.

I'm a dealer for KRK, ALTO, ART, DOD, Digitech, Wharfedale, Yorkville, Midas, and several other companies that I don't keep up with. What you don't understand is that all of these companies hire sales rep firms to market their poducts to dealers and each firm represents 10-20 differant manufactures. Then they sign you up as a dealer for things you'l never buy just so thay can say I signed up X number of dealers this month. I've never bought any ART but it s nice to know can get things at 1/2 price if it's any good.
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Deep, you may find it interesting that Tony Visconti is using BOTH the Avalon 737 and an Art unit at the same time on a current commercial recording project.

He talked about it in a recent issue of Tape Op where he was reviewing the new Toft unit. He liked (loved) the Toft so much they're going to have him in future advertising on it AFAIK. The Toft product line website is at www.pmiaudio.com

BTW both the DMP3 and VTB-1 are nice mic pre's-not just "for the money".
The VTB-1 would survive "stage attack" better than the DMP3 as it's more solidly built for any direct hits/drops. :)

The quality (or lack thereof) of your recording room's acoustics will be a much bigger factor than which pre you select, once you get to the DMP3/VTB-1 level or above.
Take a look at www.realtraps.com to consider getting better acoustical control at home. Their MiniTraps would help you quite a bit IMHO.

Chris
 
Deepwater, it sounds like the ART rep was basically just hyping his products to one of his dealers, in this case you. That's his job. It's good you decided to post here about it and ask about the statement he made.

I didn't take your post as an attempt to drum up sales. But it is a kind of tricky area, as far as being a dealer and posting in threads. People could and apparently have taken it that you are pimping gear here. It's a fine line.

Seems like a good idea to become a dealer actually, as long as you don't have to carry inventory. I'm sure you must get great deals on the gear. Seems like you could buy it at dealer prices just to see if you like it, and if you don't, sell it for the same or more on eBay.
 
I could buy it sell it on ebay. But them I still have to pay shipping and go the trouble of buying more gear. As a sound contract I don't have to carry any stock which is great for the cash flow. I do get good deals. Like I just bought a pair of KRK Rokit RP8's for $350.00 from KRK. Like I said I do live sound not recording so I'm just learning this end of things. The connection might be the same, but the equipment is differant
 
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