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The art blue and preamp is satisfactory and appropriate and fits well with your regular usage. The ASUS Xonar STX PCIe card has combo Line/Microphone inputs, and when the Microphone line is selected, a relay switches/routes the input source through a cheaper electret 5v phantom powered (CMI9780) chip. It comes with 2 xlr jacks 1 in and 1 out as well as 2 1/4" jacks 1 in and 1 out. The unit is plenty enough to add gain to bigger dynamic mics.
This ART is designed to be used with a mic like a Shure SM58 and produce a high level output via the XLR out or phone out. It's controls allow setting of gain and output, and it will supply phantom power to the mic. This is also great for yelling at people if they are telling you to speak up and you don’t really want to, and you can make their ears bleed.
The ART has plenty of good connectivity and does not limit your ability to monitor your inputs. If you are looking to boost your mic input before going into your audio interface this is a good choice.
Why We Like This:
Great for turning mic volume up and down
Nice boost with a warm sound for condenser microphone
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Presonus makes beautiful and great amp with classic and smartly choosen materials. If you are handy building sound panels is pretty easy and for the cost of a good tube preamp, you can totally transform the acoustics of your listening room. It comes with two combo mic/instrument inputs, the half-rackspace blue tube dp is a great choice for guitars and basses as well as vocals. It takes mic and line level signals. This is a reasonably good pre-amp to add warmth to vocals.
It is built to travel, its rear panel sports two combo mic/instrument inputs and unbalanced 14” and balanced xlr line outputs. The adapter reduces it to 12 Volts that this preamp runs by. They also have more clarity and depth, which makes them sound awesome. This is a pre-amp for aiding in the recording of instruments/vocals via.
Why We Like This:
Added in the t-12ax7-s vacuum tube for a slightly warmer sound
A warm sound while practicing guitar whilst listening through headphones