Question: Is this tube or toob?

[ccrider]

I have a D1600 that I really like a lot. I was looking at this:

http://korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_prod_no=TP2&category_id=3

as an upgrade of the front end. You can't bypass the Korg pres without a digital in and they seem to be targeting this at people who own Korg's recorders.

Is it really tube driven(tube) or are these just fancy light bulbs (toob)?

Thanks,

Chuck

 

[chessrock]

I'm going to take a really wild guess here and say it's tooob. With three o's.

 

[ccrider]

LOL...I have to admit I had my hopes up

For $600 street price you would think they wouldn't resort to gimmicks. Just make it a decent solid state pre with compressor and digital out and I think they would have done fine. Oh well.

 

[SonicAlbert]

It looks gimmicky, but it still might be an upgrade for the D1600 front end.

You'd probaby be better off putting together a front end out of seperate components, i.e. individual stereo preamp, compressor, and converter boxes. Of course, that will cost more money too!