PreAmps Are The Secret to PRO Recordings

Discover the secret to professional sound with our preamp shootout featuring the Chandler TG2, API 512c, and the AEA TRP. Each is ideal for for vocals, guitar, or percussion, but which is best to use for your recording needs?
This is a short excerpt from our full series on Mic PreAmps which you can find here:
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[@mirkomarkovic3438]

-"Let's check out the difference on those preamps!!"
-Swaps mic

[@theAshesofDecember1]

Man the aea almost sounds rolled off and mostly lower mid range mud. The api was seemed to have the most presence and attack to it, while the chandler was the most balanced sounding

[@crankfar]

The rolled off sound of the AEA isn't the preamp, it's the mic. They switched to a totally different ribbon mic (about as opposite as you can get to the Sanken condenser they were using for the other two.) Bit of an odd thing to do.

[@theAshesofDecember1]

@ didn’t realize they swapped mics. Not sure why they would do that when the point is to showcase the difference in pres

[@musicproductionstreams8021]

@@theAshesofDecember1 so annoying they do that!!! What's the point of taking that to the test to compare with the famous API and Chandler sound

[@miguelpessanha]

Chandler > API > AEA on all of them