Make Model and Description
API 512C
Legendary single channel modular microphone preamplifier with
XLR/Line/Instrument Inputs, 20dB Pad, 48V Switchable Phantom Power,
Avalon VT-737SP
Tube preamp with opto-compressor and VU meter
Brent Averill 1272
Single channel Class A microphone preamp
Esoteric Audio Research 660
Compressor/Limiter, Fairchild clone
Focusrite Octopre MK2 Dynamic [ NEW! ]
Eight channels of Focusrite mic pre-amps, eight VCA-based Red 3-derived compressors and built-in 24-bit / 96 kHz digital inputs and outputs. Decent sound for those on a budget.
Groove Tubes Vipre
Variable impedance all-tube microphone preamp
Neve 1073
The most famous and possibly most desirable preamp
in the history of recording. Discrete transistor mic/line amp
with 3-band EQ and highpass filter
Neve 1081
A true classic combining mic/line preamp and EQ section.
TUBE-TECH CL 1B
All tube-based amplifier, low distortion gain-reduction element,
multiple interconnection of several compressors.