UA-2-610 with a tube mic

[Cliffy_Boy]

I've got the mic ( ADK TC - thank you Keith) and want to upgrade my Joe Meek to the UA-2-610. Is this too much tube at one time?

[Bastiaan]

They used it with great result in the good old days (lotsa tubes i mean..not the combo you are talking about).

I dont think you can get too much tubes in your path, especially not when using a G5...

If it is a real tube-device (not the starving tube) then it should be fine IMHO.

[lemix]

Cliffy,

It's really a personal taste/subjective kind of decision. I'd normally pair tubes with fast, accurate electronics in the preamp.
If you are after a fat, not too responsive attack type of sound...well borrow the UA-2-610 and hear it for yourself. I've never used it...are there options for impedance/tube drive/saturation ??
>>Your Mac is "fast"..so all tubes will be cool... <<
BTW...almost 3K...congrats !
later,

[Cliffy_Boy]

especially not when using a G5...

Bastiaan, weren't you in the States when the Mac thread started...and mercifully ended?

[Eddie D]

Im just wandering if it would muddy up the sound? Im not sure what it would sound like. I just heard tubes running into tubes tends to give a muddy sound. I would like to know more about this myself.

Congrats on the MIC!! very sweet

[Cliffy_Boy]

3k - I finally figured it out. My posts have been going up quicker since I've been goofing around on the Mac forum with the easy ones! Starnge forum, the Users are different all the time. No gang like here.

[Cliffy_Boy]

Swell - now I've managed to even hijack my own thread

[Bastiaan]

Being in the states doesnt mean i cannot read the DUC.....they DO have pc's there....you know....

Though they did went a little overboard with soem stuff there...


I wanted to take the METRO to Washington DC from Vienna (wich is strange because i always though Vienna is in Austria...but who am i...), so i parked my car on the carpark and tried to get a smartrip card for $10. Easy job you think? Not in the US. All i had was $20 bills, and the sign said that $20 bills couldnt be used. OK...i go plastic. Mastercard. Accepted worldwide...ok...swiped the card....enter zipcode...i enter 6814 (dutch numerical part of my zipcode/postcode) and it informs me they need 5 numbers. So...i asked the guards who where walking around there. They saiod i need to type in my zipcode. "But i am not a US resident"...grrrrr....so ihad to ask and ask people who walked by to ask if they could change a $20 biill in 2 $10 bills....

Quiting and go back wasnt really an option since i needed this smartrip smartcard pass thingy to get my car out of the parking. No manned exits, so i reallly needed the card.....grrrr.

that's one of my little adventures in the US

[lemix]

Swell - now I've managed to even hijack my own thread

Oohhh..the sure and easy way to rack 'em up ...

Starnge forum, the Users are different all the time. No gang like here.

Aha..Cliffy likey the gangy...eh?
Get rid of that fruitbox NOW !!

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[lemix]

Im just wandering if it would muddy up the sound? Im not sure what it would sound like. I just heard tubes running into tubes tends to give a muddy sound. I would like to know more about this myself.

Eddie,
I wouldn't necessarily call it "muddy". That is a wide definition...
A quality mic (Telefunken U47) into a quality pre (Tubetech or Fern) will not sound muddy !!
I was simply mentioning "slow", that is the transient attack description.

cheers,