Cheapest Bestest Pre-Amp for Mic

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What is the cheapest most effective pre-amp for a mic that one can buy. (I'm talking under $200)?

ps. I use a Shure sm58
 
I think its called the ART tube mp or something, only 99.99 bucks at GC.
 
Royston-

You're in Indy, does Sweetwater have a real store? Or are they just mail-order. If they have a store, you should really go over there and check stuff out. Seems like they have anything a studio guy could ever want.

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I agree. The ART tube MP is the way to go for a cost-effective mic pre-amp. Just one thing: as soon as you get it, change the tube. Most times, the original tubes suck and give you inconsistent results. After you do that, you're in business.
 
Presonus blue tube two channel Is my choice 200.00

but a bellari and the art single pres are only 100.00
 
My choice would be a Behringer MX 802 mixer. You get four clean mic pres, 8 channels, aux sends and returns, eq, and more for $140. Some around here trash the Behringer mixers, some trash the Art Tube MP, but I've used the 802 for over a year and it's performed very well. It'll suit me just fine until I can afford $500 -$700 for a real pre.
 
Ive used an 602a for a pre and It was very clean but now I only use it for Its effects loop and the two extra pres would come in handy for drum micing If I didnt have electronic drums.
 
i wouldn't rely on mixer mic pre's alone. I agree witht the ART MP but get a good set of tubes and keep some around.
 
check out the shark dsp 110 by behringer. Its got a feedback deystoyer, a compressor w/ noise gate, and its a mic pre. $160.
 
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