HangDawg
bUnGhOlIo
I bought a behringer tube ultra gain. Didn't try it yet. Let you know if it blows or not.
Blue Bear Sound
New member
There's nothing quite like the artificial warmth of faux-tube -- kinda like the warmth you get from those fireplaces that use dancing-light-on-fluttery-paper to produce a flame!!! 
Wide Awake
New member
Any product that has "ultra" in the title means it must be good. My laundry detergent does, and my clothes have never been this fresh and clean. 
HangDawg
bUnGhOlIo
I heading out to the studio now. I'm kinda scared. Hold me
HangDawg
bUnGhOlIo
That was a waste of time. I guess I should have known. This thing is no better than the pre's in my Alesis mixer. And the toob warmth thing is just a bunch of crap. It does nothing. It's certainly no where near the tube insanity that they claim. It's supposed to go from clean to almost guitar type distortion. I cranked that stupid thing all the way up and it did NOTHING. At least I didn't pay for it yet. It's going back today. Bastards!!
jake-owa
Banned
The way that thing looks, it's almost worth the price for that alone...almost.
matty_boy
New member
Blue Bear:
There is a channel on local T.V. here that plays a close up view of a fireplace a christmastime in the evenings. Makes your T.V. look like a fireplace. You just reminded me of that, and I thought it might give people a chuckle.
There is a channel on local T.V. here that plays a close up view of a fireplace a christmastime in the evenings. Makes your T.V. look like a fireplace. You just reminded me of that, and I thought it might give people a chuckle.
HangDawg
bUnGhOlIo
It doesn't really look that good in person. It's got alot of cheap plastic. The toggle switches aren't very beefy either
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Richard Monroe
Well-known member
Dawg, give it up and just buy a Joemeek. And BTW, Bluebear, a little tube in the preamp section can be OK. It just won't help a pre that sucks in the first place. Hybrid pres can produce perfectly good tracks, but you get what you pay for.-Richie
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dune5233
New member
I like my behringer T-1953. I bought it after trying a bunch of other $200 and under preamps. I when I first got it i thought it sounded ok but after I changed the tubes it sounded much better.
I took darrin_h2000 advise and put some RCA NOS tubes in there. The more I use it the more I like it but it is not for everything. I use it for mostly electric guitar, acoustic guitar and sometimes vocals
I took darrin_h2000 advise and put some RCA NOS tubes in there. The more I use it the more I like it but it is not for everything. I use it for mostly electric guitar, acoustic guitar and sometimes vocals
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ecs113
New member
type
What type of tube? 12AX7, 12AU7, 12AT7, 5751, 12AY7 etc...
Also could you post directions for removing the case? It is not intuitive.
dune5233 said:
What type of tube? 12AX7, 12AU7, 12AT7, 5751, 12AY7 etc...
Also could you post directions for removing the case? It is not intuitive.
HangDawg
bUnGhOlIo
This thing didn't really sound bad, it wasn't noisy or anything but I already have 8 similar pre's in my mixer. I was looking for something different, not more of the same. The "WARTHM" control on the one I have does nothing. At least nothing I can hear. And I don't think I want to start tearing shit apart and replacing tubes. Not that It's a big deal. I expected it to do something when I cranked the toob knob all the way up. I wouldn't think a different tube would make the toob knob do anything different. I guess I'll wait for income tax time and get something more high end.
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dune5233
New member
The tubes were 12AX7A/ECC83. as for taking the case apart I had no problems.
As for the warmth knob I noticed that with the old tubes in when I cranked it all the way it would get muddy but that stopped when I changed them to the RCA tubes. the warmth effect is still subtle but you will notice it once you start to crank it.
Know alot of people hate Behringer(me included, I own one of there mixers which I used for a doorstop now) But I like this preamp alot. Its no Joe Meek, FMR RNP, Grace, Focusrite, Avalon or Neve but its alot better then the PreSonus Blue Tube or Art MP.
As for the warmth knob I noticed that with the old tubes in when I cranked it all the way it would get muddy but that stopped when I changed them to the RCA tubes. the warmth effect is still subtle but you will notice it once you start to crank it.
Know alot of people hate Behringer(me included, I own one of there mixers which I used for a doorstop now) But I like this preamp alot. Its no Joe Meek, FMR RNP, Grace, Focusrite, Avalon or Neve but its alot better then the PreSonus Blue Tube or Art MP.
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ecs113
New member
Re: type
So the only tube you tried was a NOS RCA 12AX7A? Removing the case??
WARMTH: I have found that the tube circuit is more of a higher freq exciter, not much for midrange tube warmth.
ecs113 said:
So the only tube you tried was a NOS RCA 12AX7A? Removing the case??
WARMTH: I have found that the tube circuit is more of a higher freq exciter, not much for midrange tube warmth.