[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 11/13/2018 2:03 PM, wrote:
The ART Pro MPAII is a fantastic, mic preamp with full voltage going to the tubes (150 volts). It is also very sensitive to tube changes. I've extensively tested many NOS tubes and found JAN Phillips 5751s are the best. I've A/Bd the ART Pro MPAII with the JAN Phillips 5751s against many high end pres like the UA610, and the Analog Designs Black Box pre and neither can hold a candle to the modded ART.

It all depends on what you're after when you decide to use a tube
preamp. There are different flavors of distortion - sometimes one works
better for a given project, sometimes none work as well as a good clean
solid state preamp. There's no reason not to be happy with your ART
preamp, but no reason to defend it as being better than others that cost
quite a bit more, either. It's like saying this mic can't hold a candle
to that other mic.

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