I then tried out just about every mic I own through it - from vintage Neumanns, AKGs, and Schoepses to beyer M88s and M500s, as well as a cheap" Groove Tubes AM11 - and compared the results with the ...

CHANHASSEN, MN – MARCH 15, 2019 Over 20 years ago, Scott LaChapell sought to develop a boutique tube mic preamp that allowed an engineer to have vast control over the harmonic content. It was to be ...

So you’ve decided you want to up the stakes of your home studio and jump into the wide world of mic preamps? Perhaps you’ve outgrown those built into your audio interface and need more inputs, or ...

A sensible, well-thought-out USB mic with some clever tricks to elevate it above the competition ...

LaChapell Audio has introduced the first vacuum tube preamp in the 500 series format, the 583s. Attendees will find the LaChapell 583s, which is already shipping, available for inspection at Booth 846 ...

If you're after quality sound and build rather than tons of clever routing options, the TubeFire 8 is hard to beat for the price. Basic, hardware-only monitoring. Up against serious competition.

Anaheim, California, January 22, 2026 — AEA Ribbon Microphones will debut the FC2, a two-channel tube preamplifier, at the 2026 NAMM Show. Designed in collaboration with analog designer Fred Forssell, ...

TransAudio's GML 2032 mic pre-amp. George Massenburg Labs (GML) is now shipping the discrete class A design GML 2032 mic preamplifier. The single rack space unit utilizes a low-noise internal AC power ...

Ever get a song stuck in your head that you don’t necessarily mind being there? My latest benign earworm happens to be “Frankenstein” by the Edgar Winter Group; probably due to what’s been going on at ...