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I tried several of the cheap preamps: I had the Behringer MIC200, ART Tube MP Studio V3, M-Audio Audio Buddy and the Studio Projects VTB1 in the same room to compare, and like margaret I thought the ART sounded very good. I'm not sure what the tube had to do with it, but I think the subtle combination of gain and compression at the beginning of my effects chain really suited my guitar playing. If you like the ART you might like the Studio Projects VTB1 even better, at least I did. On 1/2/07, margaret noble <margaretnoble2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello List, > > I recently purchased a cheap tube pre-amp by Art for > my autoharp. I couldn't believe because it seemed to > sound as good as if not better then my Presonus > pre-amp (which has no tube). > > Now, i have heard it to be widely accepted that many > prefer tubes because they create a warmer sound. So i > read a bit to see if i could understand why? > > > I think in my most basic primitive grasp of the > concept "tube" that the benefits are due to tube > circuitry whereby a small distortion spectrum results > which causes added harmonics???????<--am i on > track???? > > But, as read further i learned that the main benefit > comes from DH-Set "SE" configurations and that the "PP > (push-pull)" configurations do substantially less of > this "warming effect"???? > > so, i am wondering then, do all current technology > tubes sound better/warmer then non-tube preamps? or > are there only certain tubes that do this? > > how would i know technically (besides listening) if i > have a SE tube or a PP tube from specs in my manual > that read "Tube Type: 12AX7A hand selected"? > > I am just trying to decode this mystery so i don't > dogmatically accept audio theory without knowing why. > Any and all input would be great! > > THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME! :-) > > > > Margaret Noble > Audio Artist > http://www.myspace.com/margaretnoble > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- Art Simon simart@null.net http://art.simon.tripod.com http://www.myspace.com/artsimon