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| | Features | Mono tube preamp (1/3U)20dB pad80Hz high pass filterClass A vacuum tube microphone / instrument preamplifierEQ Pre/Post compressor switch
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| | Description | The TubePRE is the highest quality vacuum tube preamp in its class. Loaded with PreSonus award winning dual servo preamplifier, the TubePre affordably delivers low noise tube warmth for vocals, guitars, bass guitars, synths and sound modules. The TubePre noticeably outperforms preamps in low cost mixers and recording interfaces making it an easy choice for anyone desiring to enhance their recordings with the magic of tubes. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 10.0 inches | | Product Width: | 7.0 inches | | Product Height: | 4.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 3.75 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.8 inches | | Package Width: | 6.8 inches | | Package Height: | 3.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 11 reviews |
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 Pleased Jul 29, 2010
The price was right, only thing was I did have to replace the tube. Once I did that everything worked good.
 High quality Jul 24, 2010
You can tell right away when pulling this out of the box that it will be high quality. I plugged it in, had it set up in minutes, and the sound quality it produces between my AT2020 condenser and Audigy 2 ZS is superb. I can't tell a huge difference when cranking the Drive up, but I suppose you would have to upgrade the tube to really get that.
wonderful sound enriching May 18, 2010
I am using this with a "Tung-Sol 12ax7 gold pins" tube. Several tube experts and such rated this tube with their highest possible paise, and I can see why. I tried some other tubes (the runner up was a Russian Groove Tubes gold that makes the bass sound flabby/unfocused/muddy or ???), but this particular tube seems to be the only one worth actually using. I am using this with an Audio-Technica AT2050 microphone and Presonus Firestudio Mobile to record some lectures by an older man whose voice has a tendency to shift into thin and grainy, and this little gadget makes everything sound totally professional. That microphone has a tendency to pick up everything and sound a little bit brittle, but the TubePre and the Tung-Sol tube bring the sound an almost magical quality that even makes road noise in the background sound listenable. The Tung-Sol gold pins tubes as of right now are a little hard to find, and usually cost 25 dollars each on the web plus shipping. Apparently there is a difference between the gold pins version and the regular tung-sol 12ax7 currently available on amazon that is enough that some equipment manufacturers are not shipping anything with the regular tung-sol 12ax7 tube and will backorder their products till they get the gold pins version and test and break in the tubes.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Good budget preamp but OMG, replace the tube!! Jan 13, 2010
// REVIEW //
This is a halfway decent preamp for $100 but do yourself a favor and IMMEDIATELY replace the tube in it. It comes with some Chinese piece of junk tube that will make your lead vocal sound like my cat hissing and farting into a tin can. Try a Sovtek 12ax7 or a JJ -- I like the Sovtek but feel free to ask the opinion of your local tone junkies.
// HOW TO SWAP THE TUBE //
1. Remove all the screws and pop the silver plates off of one or both sides
2. Pull the black metal casing off
3. Gently rock the glass tube back and forth to remove from the white thing it's plugged into. Be sure to apply a bit of counter pressure...
4. Pop in the new tube
5. Put the casing back together.
6. Write to Presonus and politely suggest that they pony up the $12 for a better tube so that people such as myself don't give their product 3 stars instead of 4.
If you're noticing that the tube is breaking up really easily, well, you get what you pay for! These things just don't have the voltage you'll find on higher end preamps. I usually find that putting the Drive knob (which controls the tube) at about 9 o'clock and the Gain knob at 1 o'clock gives me good volume and a touch of tube warmth without distortion or hiss. I'm using this thing with an AT4040 and I'm pretty happy with the results considering that I've heard the same mic through much more expensive preamps before...
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Small And Powerfull! Nov 30, 2009
The Presonus Tube Pre is compact, but don't let that fool you! It's sound is very big, and very clean! I use it in tandem with the MXL V67i mic for extra vocal warmth. I did some research and found that you can change the tube for even greater sound! Don't waste your money on the cheaper ones, this is a sure bet!
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