Hey Butta,
I think they sound great. The have a bump in the mids that sound API?ish,
but a bit more mellow. They sound great on guitars and on vox and I?m sure
they would sound lively on a snare, not had a chance to try them on drums yet.
I have the ANT/Tele models and from my understanding the ANT models were
made after the original Teles (Tele became ANT). The original teles sound
?better? (not sure what qualifies them as better) from what I have been
told, though having spoken to Ollie from Tab/Telefunken he says the
ANT/Teles still make great pres for the money.
You just got to watch the lytics, from experience and from other board
members experience the old ones tend to short out the PS rail, I had to
recap one of them that was DOA, but replaced the caps and it up in good
health again.
The only other thing is that these, along with many other German Pres don?t
like 48V zapping the input trannie so you need to use a slow ramp 48V supply
for the safest way of operation a mic that requires 48V.
Cheers
Matt