I've had a lot of nice direct boxes for bass over the years, i'm a bassist by trade so it's what i spend most of my gear money on. Had all the nice tube ones Summit, REDDI, Evil Twin, Tubeworks, and nice passive ones too Radial JDI, TAB Funkenwerk T71.
Go figure at the end of all that the one that sounds best is this beat to shit old vintage Whirlwind IMP2. It's got this in your face midrange and low mid punch from it's transformer that is just delightful for fender jazz bass.
spent thousands on the others and it's the little 25 dollar used jobby that sounds best. ah music gear you never cease to amaze me.
Go figure Cheapest DI sounded best on my bass
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that may be overstating it a bit ... I don't think any piece of gear will write or perform a song for you or you make you a brilliant engineer - but they are all tools and help in crafting the overall picture.kslight wrote:Proof that expensive gear is just smoke and mirrors and backlit tubes.
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through no preamp. i practice at night through a behringer ma400. it'a a headphone amp. did an A/B there and did an A/B at a church gig. no idea on the preamp there, maybe presonus digital board? i had them zero it out for me.
yes kslight i am realizing this as well. i've listening to some mic preamp shootouts and maybe my ears aren't trained for large frequency spectrum listening (since i focus on bass primarily) but i noticed some subtle changes but not life changing massive tonal differences.
i agree, it's not the gear its the player, the hands, the touch, the feel, etc. also sometimes cheap shit sounds good, just cause it's boutique and handmade doesn't mean that tone works for you.
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yes kslight i am realizing this as well. i've listening to some mic preamp shootouts and maybe my ears aren't trained for large frequency spectrum listening (since i focus on bass primarily) but i noticed some subtle changes but not life changing massive tonal differences.
i agree, it's not the gear its the player, the hands, the touch, the feel, etc. also sometimes cheap shit sounds good, just cause it's boutique and handmade doesn't mean that tone works for you.
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joninc wrote:that may be overstating it a bit ... I don't think any piece of gear will write or perform a song for you or you make you a brilliant engineer - but they are all tools and help in crafting the overall picture.kslight wrote:Proof that expensive gear is just smoke and mirrors and backlit tubes.
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Yup I was being facetious and countering the Gearslutz mentality that great gear is all you need to make a record. There is a point where cheap stuff doesn't cut it, but there's a lot of times where there's fancy artwork, ad lingo, and gross markup that don't line up with the 1 or 2% differences from some preamps to another.
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