Hmm...yeah I know..you've got the usual suspects, and I'm sure you wouldn't be interested in the absolutely beautiful, expensive, handbuilt, can't get them where you are tomorrow afternoon, tube mic pre's that I've got on my desk.
I was thinking of maybe buying Two - but that was before they arrived. Instead I'm going to be buying Eight.They're not cheap.
Which ruins my original plans, :( 'cos I was going to get some of those you've mentioned.
But you wouldn't have heard of these things I enquired about and was kindly sent a couple to demo ..and anyway...what do I know? You guys over there soughta control the pond anyway...
Still feels pretty weird crossing those other names of my list though.....(still gonna get some Telefunken...but later....)
'S funny...living where you are, you'd probably call the ones I've decided to buy as "esoteric high end".Same as we tend to call Manley here...(specially with Manley's imminent price rise...) Course... if you had the time.... I would say, stop. If you are interested in just a tube mic pre, nothing else, no EQ - just total quality front end input then check these out.
tut Erm..but I'm taking you away from the ones you've got on your short list.
I hate that...you put up a post like
"What about the Avalon AD2055?"
and some jerk comes along and says
"The Avalon is a piece of crap.."
or
"Manley is a load of garbage....
You should get the Frizzeld Burnet instead or your
mother will never talk to you again...."
Which has happened to me a lot on Forums.
So I'm not saying I wouldn't buy Manley or Avalon
-'cos I would, I love their stuff. Seriously. I was just about to...
I should post on the New Gear Forum here....
I just thought for anybody that's interested in something new - for all those SPAudio, Brauners, Soundeluxe, Neumann's, B.L.U.E.S, Audio-Technica, Rodes, Royers, Shure's and whatever mics you've got hangin' around waiting for something with enough high end class to come along....
Anyway, sorry....didn't mean to interupt.....
Hope you don't mind....if you're remotely interested...let me know..I'll be pleased to give you more info. But ....I'm not a salesperson, I'm
just trying to pass on something that any respectable GearSLut worthy of the name should
at least be aware of...even though the chances are you'll never ever touch one - but (sadly and frankly) that's your loss, not mine.
Anyway, kind regards,
Have a nice day