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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 59409" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>re: X32 Discussion</p><p></p><p></p><p>Generally operated in their linear region there is very little sonic difference between competitive preamps. </p><p></p><p>Millions of dollar has been invested into advertising arguing otherwise. </p><p></p><p>agreed</p><p></p><p>I would refine that slightly. Transformer less preamps delivering SOTA did not generally become available until the late '70s/early 80s due to discrete device technology. Today off the shelf ICs can deliver SOTA performance without transformers. </p><p></p><p>Speakers and microphones vary orders of magnitude more than electronic paths. Rooms matter for live SR. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I think there are marketing reasons to promote the analog mic preamp technology as being different, when feeding a digital path ASSumed to be identical. The truth is probably somewhere in between. </p><p></p><p>JR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 59409, member: 126"] re: X32 Discussion Generally operated in their linear region there is very little sonic difference between competitive preamps. Millions of dollar has been invested into advertising arguing otherwise. agreed I would refine that slightly. Transformer less preamps delivering SOTA did not generally become available until the late '70s/early 80s due to discrete device technology. Today off the shelf ICs can deliver SOTA performance without transformers. Speakers and microphones vary orders of magnitude more than electronic paths. Rooms matter for live SR. I think there are marketing reasons to promote the analog mic preamp technology as being different, when feeding a digital path ASSumed to be identical. The truth is probably somewhere in between. JR [/QUOTE]
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