The LA3A is my favorite mic Pre now

mulletchuck · Mar 28, 2013

I used peter purpose's LA3A-500 with my tube mic on sax the other day. Tube mic -> LA3A -> Symphony I/O.

Best

Preamp

Ever.

pardon the intonation.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5290598/la3a%20as%20a%20micpre%20no1073EQ.mp3

haima · Mar 29, 2013

Very nice! Classic tone. Bright but doesn't seem harsh at all.

Was the LA3A doing any GR?

What mic & position did you use?

Thanks for posting the sample. I love my LA3A-500 - but I've never tried it with as a mic pre.

Kingston · Mar 29, 2013

Just remember it won't work as a preamp for most mics, and especially badly with any dynamic mic. The input impedance is too high for them to behave correctly and will cause bandwidth issues (read: high pass filter). Many tube mics on the other hand will work fine due to their relatively high internal gain and output transformers that set their output impedance low enough to drive compressor inputs.

mulletchuck · Mar 29, 2013

I was using a miktek CV4. I had the LA3A doing about 1db of GR at the absolute loudest points.

The LA3A is my favorite mic Pre now

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