"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
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writes:

should i bail on the "real" tube
thing and get a presonus mp20 (with saturation simulation)? how is the
presonus mp20 when it comes to getting that "real" tube sound, despite
the lack of tubes? how about the bellari rp220...is that a "real" tube
preamp? ahhhh!

What's the "real" tube sound anyway? It's really a "transformer"
sound without very much distortion in the amplifier stage. Why not
just get a nice sounding preamp? And if you already have one, just get
a crappy sounding preamp so you'll have some variety. Don't mess with
tricks.


you could always build one. get a cigar box (or maybe for variety use those
cool Neumann wood storage boxes and a hand full of parts. plug in a 12AX7A
and your all set