John -

Glad to hear it. With the reputation Millenia's preamps have, I suspect you
don't have to give them away. Not sure Manley does either.

As to warmth versus ??, I suspect (but do not know for sure) that he was
simply reacting to the tube characteristics and not actually to any kind of
frequency bump. But I agree it is a somewhat contradictory juxtaposition.

Harry

BTW for those of you who don't know, John's Millenia HV series preamps are
considered the most quiet and neutral preamps in the industry and have a
tremendous reputation and following. They are transistor-based with no
apologies needed. He also makes tube preamps.

"John La Grou" wrote in message
news:Z0X2b.271243$YN5.186106@sccrnsc01...
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 05:39:30 GMT, "Harry Lavo"
wrote:

This has invaded the whole recording industry. Notice that most releases
now include long lists of brand names used by the musicians...those are
paid.

Harry,

One noteworthy exception is Telarc -- who have for decades listed each
device in their recording and mastering chain. I can tell you that
Telarc pays for their equipment, at least the equipment they order
from us.

Moreover, we have never given away or, worst, paid to have our
equipment used. Perhaps we're an anachronism..

John La Grou
Millennia Media, Inc.
http://www.mil-media.com

(p.s., I also found it amusing that an engineer looking for a
"natural" sound selected a "warm" micamp. Not that the end result
wasn't musically rich and beautiful, but "euphonic" and "accurate" are
usually mutually exclusive audio ideas.)