Awesome Channel Amplifier Review
When you call the results of two-and-a-half years of product development ‘Awesome Channel Amplifier’, it had better be just that. So says the Awesome Transistor Amplifier Company – and we totally agree. The More...
Joemeek Twin Q2 Review
Joe Meek was a true maverick who pioneered many recording techniques that are still regularly used today. Just over 25 years after his tragic death in 1967, Ted Fletcher, one of Meek’s session singers, set up More...
Audulus 2.0 Now Available
Audulus 2.0 has been released by developer Taylor Holliday for both Mac and iPad. Audulus is a intuitive modular synthesis application that has garnered positive reviews, the latest version adds a Timing mode, better More...
EQ Pre – 2A Review
It’s refreshing to see that in this predominantly digital age, many young – and not so young – designers are still embracing analogue technology with a nod towards classic designs from pro-audio’s More...
VP28 – DBL Review
The VP28 is the latest preamp design from Jeff Steiger of Classic Audio Products of Illinois (Classic API). Like other products in his range, the VP28 is inspired by Jeff’s 1976 vintage API console (you can see More...
Neve 88RLB Review
With the possible exception of SSL, Neve must be the best-known name in high-end mixing consoles. Ever since Rupert Neve designed and built his first desks in the mid-60s, the company (now known as AMS Neve) has More...
Dual Tube Pre Review
C ramming so much into a very small package inevitably means a control panel that is a bit bewildering. On the positive side, though, the Dual Tube Pre is an extremely versatile piece of kit with invaluable More...
Broadhurst Gardens No.1U Review
Once upon a time, in the days before digital recording, microphone preamps were almost exclusively a feature of your mixing console. These days, with so much work being done More...
New vs Vintage Preamps
During the 1950s and 60s, large record companies such as EMI, Decca and Columbia owned their own recording studios. In addition to ‘balance engineers’, these studios employed full-time technicians who maintained More...
ISA428 MkII
It can be all too easy to underestimate the importance of a good-quality mic preamp in the recording chain. The job of amplifying the tiny signal from a microphone into something usable is difficult to do well, More...
