cheers,
Goyya
Presonus Blue Tube DP hum
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- KVRist
- 250 posts since 17 Oct, 2006 from Roma
hi all! just a curiosity...i have a Presonus Blue Tube DP - i like it, but it is quite noisy...i picked up one at the shop, and took it back because it was too noisy - they gave me another one which is less noisy, but still i find the ground noise a bit nasty...any similar experience? i mean, do i have to surrender and spend three times its price or more for a "real" preamp, or i was just unlucky with the one (actually, two) i picked up??
cheers,
Goyya
cheers,
Goyya
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Cosmic Bandito Cosmic Bandito https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=55429
- KVRist
- 307 posts since 21 Jan, 2005
I tried one of those presonus ones for a few days, very noisy as you say. Sorry to break the news but all those cheap pre-amps are all going to have that problem. You can probably find a used (Groove Tubes) "Brick" for $250-$300 if you look. It's the best affordable tube-pre available. You can look at the Joe Meek 3Q ($200 I think) if you want to try a decent budget pre-amp, but it's not a tube pre.
Good Luck
Good Luck
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- KVRian
- 804 posts since 16 Nov, 2004 from Kangzhou
I must have lucked out. I had a Blue Tube DP and didn't find it to be noisy.
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- KVRAF
- 2717 posts since 23 Mar, 2005 from Detroit
I just got a used Presonus Eureka for $300. Class A. They are normally $500-$600 new, but the guy I bought it from is a guitar teacher/producer by the name of Rob Bourassa (http://www.bourassaguitarstudio.com/gui ... ontact.htm) .
One of his very wealthy students/artists he's recording an album for bought him an Avalon 737 ($2,200) just to record/mix his record and said he could keep it. Since this was gathering dust in the Avalon's shadows he unloaded it to me for cheap. It's every bit good as the $1,000+ preamps but a little noisier when cranked. He says he liked this one a lot and was real easy to mix with, and says the Avalon almost gives a too upfront sound in the mix compared to the Eureka.
Spend the extra $200 for this (Musician's Friend has them for $500 right now). You wont be disappointed. It's the best $500 you can spend on a preamp of this caliber without going into the pricier preamps in the $1000+ range.
I think there are a few other people here on KVR that have them. Killvehicle mentioned he has one, in another thread.
One of his very wealthy students/artists he's recording an album for bought him an Avalon 737 ($2,200) just to record/mix his record and said he could keep it. Since this was gathering dust in the Avalon's shadows he unloaded it to me for cheap. It's every bit good as the $1,000+ preamps but a little noisier when cranked. He says he liked this one a lot and was real easy to mix with, and says the Avalon almost gives a too upfront sound in the mix compared to the Eureka.
Spend the extra $200 for this (Musician's Friend has them for $500 right now). You wont be disappointed. It's the best $500 you can spend on a preamp of this caliber without going into the pricier preamps in the $1000+ range.
I think there are a few other people here on KVR that have them. Killvehicle mentioned he has one, in another thread.