Recommendations for a single or dual channel mic preamp around £500 or under?

camf

What would you suggest as a mic preamp for vocals in the £500 or less range? 

Cheers.

cam f

digitalkettle

I've got a FMR RNP 'really nice preamp' and RNC 'really nice compressor' that I could be persuaded to part with...also got a custom 1U strip for racking them which I'd throw in. Have a Google and drop me a PM if you're interested.

You'd have a two channel mic pre and comp and have plenty of change from your budget.

camf

Interesting! Someone local to me might have a Focusrite ISA One for sake that I’d been pondering but I’ll check out the RNP & RNC. 

LightB4sound

I would suggest Focusrite ISA one. Great preamp and di. Plus you can treat them as separate channels. Add to that the direct monitoring it gives you a lot of options.

Stuckfast

DAV BG1.

octatonic

Stuckfast said:

DAV BG1.

Yep, this.

Not much of a fan of the ISA One btw.

Macca_25387

I’ve found the Black lion Audio B173 is an excellent preamp for vocals. 

camf

These are all great suggestions. I'm going to check out all of these. Thanks guys.

thermionic

Worth checking out some reviews of the Art Pro MPA II.

camf

Cheers. It looks good too. 

Cirrus

The ISA One is a solid pre, but it's a bit boring if you want it to do something. The impedance options are nice & useful in some circumstances.


I've been pleased with the GAP Pre I got last year. There's a few different versions about and they're not all equal in terms of build quality or components, so it's worth doing some reading. And obviously their online reputation will be a bit clouded by the way they can be directly compared to Neve preamps which go for vastly greater sums.

jamesguitar

Warm Audio Tonebeast (or WA12 if you want to pay a little less).