[Icarus]

Could a tube microphone preamp(used for warming the sound when live recording) be used successfully with a non tube headphone amp for warming the sound ?

 

[Jahn]

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Originally Posted by Icarus /img/forum/go_quote.gif Could a tube microphone preamp(used for warming the sound when live recording) be used successfully with a non tube headphone amp for warming the sound ?

this is what i tried as my first attempt at amping my cans. it failed. the reason being that my tube mic preamp (ART Tube MP) was MONO, and therefore sent a mono signal to my headphone amp. In turn, the headphone amp sent just one channel signal mono to my left ear, and that's it. even if i got a mono to stereo splitter, i'd just get the same one-channel mono signal going to both ears, bah.

so unless your mic preamp is stereo, or like my new mic preamp has two discrete channels and you can fudge a stereo balanced in/out, you're better off not trying to use it as a preamp.

 

[Icarus]

Ok, then, what mic preamp are you now using, and are there any stereo, tube mic preamps that you could recommend?