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Fred Forssell JMP-1 micpreamp
In article writes:
It's open to charges of excess simplicity. For example, transformers are
just matching devices. A SS preamp with a transformer still loads the mic
with R's, C's and semiconductors, only with the transformer acting as a
matching device.
The transformer is also an inductor, something that's almost
negligable in a transformerless input stage.
It's also open to massive charges of utter meaninglessness, given there is
no general agreement on what "sound(s) better" means. The closest definition
of "sound(s) better" with general agreement that we have relates to sonic
accuracy, which means no inherent coloration at all. It seems that the
closer you get to the sound source or the ear, the tougher the sonic
accuracy model gets to apply.
This is true, and only people who are trying to prove a point (I'm not
the only one who hasn't listened to every mic with every preamp and
taken good notes) really care to argue it. There are a few aboslute truths
however:
1. If we have a choice, we use what we think we like at the time we're
making the choice. (it might not be the same choice we'd make another
day but by then it's too late)
2. If we don't have a choice, we use what we have and either live with
it or decide that it absolutely won't work and go get something else.
3. It's very easy to accumulate too many combinations to make the
optimum choice, but it's easy to narrow down the selection based on
experience, which in itself involves personal taste and opinions.
4. Nobody is ever completely happy when it comes to sound.
--
I'm really Mike Rivers - )
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