Open Box PreSonus TubePre V2 Single-Channel Tube Preamplifier/DI Box Level 2 197881281885

Very happy with my purchase, I will recommend this product, my voice sounds great with this thanks PreSonus.

This product works exactly as described. It gives everything I plug into it warmth and presence like it's the 70s and we are working with two inch tape. Easy to navigate, easy to set up, compact and durable.

I've been using a cheap 1-channel mic pre for my dedicated talkback (just in case my computer or DAW crashes mid-session). I sent that system out, and of course needed to put together another one for some local projects. At the same time, I wasn't thrilled with the cheap mic pre. This one is so much better - the quality of my voice over the speaker is better, and the VU indicates levels much better than a couple of LEDs. I don't know how this would work with music recordings, but for my purposes this unit is ideal!

Having owned several pieces of Presonus gear in the past with great results, the TubePre V2 seemed like a no-brainer to me when I wanted an affordable "color" pre. I was severely disappointed. Let me be clear -- I wasn't expecting boutique quality, nor was I expecting a totally noise-free unit. I record a lot of "lo-fi" and vintage-sounding stuff, so my standards are not really all that high. I just couldn't get any good results with the TubePre. I tried it direct in with several of my electric guitars, I tried it on vocals (with a Rode NT1a and an SM7B), I tried it on guitar cabs -- I just couldn't get a good sound. The drive knob appeared to do absolutely nothing. I noticed NO difference at all until I had it cranked all the way up with the gain, and by then I was clipping on the way in; not very pleasant! The unit was also way too noisy for my liking, to the point where any recording would be unusable. Maybe I received a faulty product, maybe I should've changed out the tube, but at $129 I just returned it. I ended up purchasing ART's Pro Channel on clearance for $80 and I'm so much happier. If you want usable saturation and color ALONG with a decent compressor and EQ, see if you can find a cheap Pro Channel.

So I wanted a tube pre amp to act as a DI box for a cheep keyboard as well as a ribbon mike I have. I went and bought a cheep unit and it worked nice. Long story short, it died in a few days. I returned it and wasn't sure if I wanted to spend the money on the PreSous. After talking with the sales guy at GC I thought, what the hell, I'll spend the extra cash (even though these are ver inexpensive). WOW what a great unit. Not only did this sound better than the other one, I was also surprised at the complete lack of noise, even when cranked up. After some test recordings, I can honestly say, this unit rocks! Can't wait to us it on my next project.

First off this preamp is awesome! I hooked it up to my Audio Technica AT2035 condenser microphone and then hooked it up to my Tascam audio interface. There was absolutely no noise to be heard except my voice and the input level was perfect with no clipping. All I needed to do was add a little compression and presto that's all I needed. I then connected my bass guitar to it and recorded some bass playing. The input level was again perfect with no clipping and after some level adjustments and compression, the final recording sounded awesome! If you're looking for a preamp to use with either microphones and/or instruments, this is the one. Just make sure when you pick this up to also get some balanced Mogami cables and you're set.