What are your favorite channel strips / preamps ?

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You are building a studio and need four high quality mic amps.

You want your studio to be versatile so you are looking for one or two clean and transparent pre's, and 2 or 3 with character and colour. They must all have a dinstinct tone.

You would use these for various musical styles to record voice, electric guitar, bass, electric pianos, acoustic instruments, percs, etc...

If you had to choose four pres from this list what would it be and why? And why wouldn't you choose a particular one?

-Great River ME-1NV
-Chandler Germanium
-TLAudio Ivory2 5051
-Avalon VT-737sp
-Avalon M5
-Universal Audio LA-610
-Grace Design model 101
-Summit 2BA-221
-Joemeek SIXQ
-A-Designs MP1
-Vintech X73i
-Focusrite Liquid Channel
-Presonus Eureka
-Rupert Neve 5012 or 5032


They can have or not a compressor / eq built in, but the most important factor is the preamp.


Thanks!

Phil
 
Does it have to be from that list? There's only one Hi-End pre listed.
 
A pair of Neve 1073/1081 channel strips, and a pair of Millenia Origins sounds nice:)

And then there is the DW fearn stuff, the Dakings, the API channels, the pendulum Quartets, maybe some Martech.... hmmmm
 
Id use what I have now.

A rackfull Pendlum MDP-1s

and a rack full of DAV preamps.

color and clean....perfect.

of course they all are quality pieces I guess.

spent a long damn time looking for the synergy i have achieved, and went through probably 50 mic amps to do it. had no budget limits.

Hartlett, you are full of shit. I guess you define what is high end now, eh? :rolleyes:
 
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