Look, I'm not going to sit here and say that the Envoice is the greatest preamp around, because all this stuff is subjective.
What sounds good to one set of ears might not sound as good to another.
That being said, I shopped around for about 4 months for a preamp, and I tested over 15 preamps before deciding on the MindPrint.
There was just no better preamp in the $500 price range that had all the versatility that the Envoice had.
The Meek units are great, but they have one sound... "the Meek sound". Sometimes you need your pre to be totally transparent, which the Envoice is capable of.
The Meek units certainly are NOT transparent.
There are also times when you need some serious tube saturation for maximum warmth.
The Envoice can cover that, too.
The Meek units are awesome for what they do, but the Envoice offers more tonal options, IMHO.
There's just something incredible about the sound when I turn up the tube-saturation on
my Envoice that sounds totally fat and "pro-quality" when it's all adjusted properly.
Where do you get the Envoice?
Heh.... good luck finding one!
They're out there if you search hard enough, but they're getting harder to find every day.
I strongly advise getting the Di-Mod option, too!