gilwe said:...so I thought I might wany to get a pair of Z3300a's, and MAY add a Z5600a after all.
What do you think about that combination ?
A cheap tube mic will not necessarily sound any warmer than a cheap FET mic. A lot of people confuse something that is not overly bright as being 'warm'. In cheap tube mics, that 'warm' sound is usually smeared mids and a lack of headroom. Like I said, most of the most sought after, warm sounding mics are not tube mics. Same thing goes for preamps. Neve, api, great river, ssl, are all solid state preamps. The idea behind a well executed tube design is for it to be transparent, not sound all tooby.gilwe said:I wouldn't call it "crap" - there is much of the *warm* tube sound in tube mics. That doesn't always say they sound better.