API pres don't have stepped gain pots right? Who knows? The Warm clone does. My point is it's a series of caps transistors resistors diodes transformers in aa certain order. No reason a company can't lay those parts out In the same order and get good results. Modern component manufacturing Is vastl...

Curious about folks thoughts about the Golden Age Mic Pre. Are they anywhere near comparable to a Neve as they claim to be? I'm building a small home recording set up and would really like to keep the quality as high as I can (I have a UA 2-610 and a Neve single channel pre currently). I'm intereste...

Hi, This might be a better question for another part of the forum, but I'll ask here and see. I am considering getting a RCA 44DX. I have a small home studio with some mid range mics (SM 7B, RE 20, AT 4080) and would like to get a really solid classy mic. I mostly record one thing at at time, and mo...

I saw a review in Tape Op of the Dachman Audio U 87 style mic. Has anyone tried these out? Hope do they compare to the real deal? Are here other clones that folks recommend to those of us who can't afford to drop a few grand on a high quality mic? Thanks for any help.

Thanks for both replies, that helps!

I'm wondering if there is a big difference between the RCA 77DX and the RCA 77D. My understanding is the DX has a bit higher output. What can y'all tell me about the differences in the two models? Is the DX worth the extra money? Thanks!