Johnston West wrote:


Rob, how do the John Hardy and The Millennia compare in your opinion?

To be honest, I haven't had a huge variety of different sources through
them, but my experience so far is pretty much what everybody says. They
are both so good you really can't go wrong with either. Neither one are
an in your face sort of preamp like an API or some of the Neves', etc.
Both super clean, very balanced. And both have plenty of gain with the
Millennia having a bit more I think. The Hardy would be more towards the
in your face camp but very subtle. I think I prefer the Millennia for
acoustic guitar and the M1 for electric and vocals, but you could
certainly switch that with no problem. I don't really hear a
"transformer sound" with the Hardy, but maybe that is what gives it the
slight edge for balls. And they both seem to do fine with all my dynamic
and condenser microphones. I don't have any ribbons so I can't comment
on that. I like to use 8 mics for the drums and sort it out in the mix,
so the 8 channel HV3D gets used on the set, though next time I might try
the snare through the Hardy.

-Rob