Bret Ludwig wrote:

Pooh Bear wrote:
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No one makes tube boards. No one ever did,

Really, Bret !

You should know better than to contradict me.

" The M-3 is a small format 8/2 valve mixer that features discrete valve
mic pres, four band EQ (loosely based on that of the VTC console but with
swept mids), two aux sends & returns, and a simple but flexible master
section that features valve stages in the mix buss plus an optional
stereo digital output. "

http://www.tlaudio.co.uk/tlaudio/docs/products/m3.shtml

" The VTC (Valve Technology Console) is a fully modular in-line
multitrack mixer that offers all the benefits of the compact 8 buss /
multiple tape output format but with the supreme advantage of TL Audio's
critically acclaimed valve circuitry - which forms an integral part of
the channel, monitor, group and master section signal paths. "

http://www.tlaudio.co.uk/tlaudio/doc...ucts/vtc.shtml

A nice litle niche market.

before solid state you
BUILT one. Collins and WE/Altec had them for radio but recording ones
were homebuilt.

Studio built to be accurate. A old mate of mine did stuff like that when
he worked for Decca. Back then when you said you were an audio *engineer*
it had rather more literal meaning.

Graham