Is it worth having a tube mic without a high quality preamp?
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Posted on Mar 14, 2003 09:42 am
Bruno
The Quiet Minded
Member Since: Jan 01, 2003
I am planning to buy a tube mic but I will use the pream of my mixer(Behringer MX602). Will the quality of the preamp compromise the quality of the mic? or preamps only has the ability to improve the sound?
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WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Mar 14, 2003 12:02 pm What the mic puts out is what the mixer will receive. No compromise. A pre-amp will color the sound of the mic and therefore has the potential of making it sound better. Better the mic, the more the pre-amp has to work with. No harm done in purchasing as you go with a mic and pre-amp, unless you don't have a mixer. Another way to look at it is that your mixer has a pre amp on each channel. A good pre-amp unit to replace or augment the pre-amps in your mixer will sound better yet.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 15, 2003 10:44 am Walt has hit it on the head. The tube mic has its own Pre-amp so to speak, This will give the mic a good sound on its own, even with the use of the boasrd pre. But if you add a higher quality pre, this again will give an even better quality to the sound, but it is not a necesity.
