decent yet affordable vocal preamp?

[Laynestaley]

I wanna buy a good vocal preamp.
It doesn't have to be the absolute best (read most expensive) one, but I'd rather pay a few bucks more then end up with a piece of crap.
Any suggestions?

 

[DigitMus]

Go here: http://www.atlasproaudio.com/fmraudio.html

Scroll down the page to the "Really Nice Preamp"

Seriously - If you're looking for a good budget preamp, this is it, unless your budget gets up to about double what the RNP costs...

 

[Richard Monroe]

Insufficient budgetary data, dude. This is one where you get what you pay for. Preamps range from $80 to $4000+ per channel. I hear what you're saying, but you must give numbers. One man's "decent" preamp is another man's worthless hunk of junk.-Richie

 

[Lorde]

FMR Audio's RNP....or the Presonus Eureka...read good things on both!

 

[Artist Unknown]

I have been told that the Peavey VMP-2 is an awsome all-tube preamp for the price....around $700. I haven't been able to find one anywhere.

 

[Treeline]

For entrance money, look at the M-Audio DMP3 (about $80 / channel x 2 channels). It's pretty nice for the money - a big improvement on standard fare (under $800) mixer preamps. The company is now releasing their 8-channel Octane preamp, essentially the same thing in a bigger box, 8 channels, 2 of which are also wired with high impedance (guitar direct) inputs and a few other doodads. That's about $800. You could get more headroom and still make a mixer earn its keep.

Then, of course, there's Focusrite, Grace, Universal Audio, zero point variable rate mortgages, and so on...