i would be willing to lend out a different preamp than most use. i'm 50 and have listened to many pre's. i'm big in old school car audio and for me, robert zeff (ZAPCO) drove the bus for killer audio due to sound quality. i have worked with him and know him personally as well as owning stuff from him with serial #'s below 005 from the early days before we designed stuff together. i currently listen via adcom monoblox and mirage M1's as well as some rare ADS 5 driver 3 way systems - but then i worked for the company that acquired ads and then killed ultimately them
i currently use a Sony XES system - 10K when new and i was one of the two installers in CA sony trained when it debuted - in my ride.
Sony DMX-P01 digital mixer. well loved by everyone from charlie miller (kimock) to slim (abb and mule). takes the _best_ of any mic and puts it down on tape just fine. usd to dislike the akg sound as thin... accurate but thin - sp the high end. now i own waayy too much akg. and still love my old senn's. i'll post ratdog from the greek la from the back done with me88 guns that are older than most folks on this list.
maybe the second quart of don julio is getting to me so i will just bail out now while it is safe. f-ing best mixer i have ever used... going to try the korg mr1000>shure FP33>mics combo next as well as the mr1000>dmx-p01 combo.... seems a wate of the sony digi mixer tho as the korg is only analogue in and the sony is a a>d mixer at 24/48 or 24/96....
sorry for the lengthy ... takilla will do that
neil in san marcos
