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Topic: JHS Color Box vs Neve 1073SPX |
Thomas Alexander
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted 6 Apr 2023 7:16 am |
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I'm getting a bit more serious about recording steel (and sometimes vocals), and want to add a pre-amp to my recording chain. I'm currently just using a mic into an interface, and I find the recorded track just doesn't have the fullness and sparkle that the amp has in the room.
JHS Pros:
- about 1/4 the cost of the Neve; could afford to get two of them and have 2 mic channels to record natural room reverb
- can also be used as a drive/EQ pedal when performing; useful since the JHS has a shifting mid EQ and my amp doesn't have a mid control
Neve Pros:
- sound quality
- buy once, cry once (but I could only afford the single channel version)
What would you do? Feel free to school me on pre-amps if I am missing something obvious or there are better options out there for the money |
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Chris Willingham
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Posted 6 Apr 2023 2:25 pm
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I would give a hard look at Warm Audio's WA73 series. The quality is there and it's much cheaper than Neve. I've tracked through a real Neve 1073 (albeit, just once) and the Warm gear is seriously 90% the same, if not more. I sure haven't missed anything and it's quite a bit cheaper than Neve. The tone switch is really nice, also for some mic color.
I think of the Warm gear as in the same dept as UAD plugins. Much cheaper than the real hardware and so close you won't notice the difference. My two pennies 
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Thomas Alexander
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 7 Apr 2023 9:20 am
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| Thanks Chris, I will look into that! Seems like they offer a two channel preamp for a decent price, which would be ideal. |
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