Warm Audio TB12 500 Tone Beast - MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER

(This text is machine translated) The Tone Beast is a great mic preamp, with a high gain, which can capture a wide range of sources very well and effortlessly. With the best Cinemag transformers and multiple discrete signal paths, it's hard to beat its big and bold sound for the same price. The Tone Beast is a mic preamp that loves to be pushed and when pushed it will always color your signal smoothly. The two op-amps and the two output transformers don't seem to be very different, but as soon as you bring the preamp into harmonic distortion, the unique character of each of these components becomes evident. In addition, the Tone Beast is customizable and allows you to power and swap other op-amps in the unit. The best sounds were obtained from this preamp right at the saturation point (highest possible gain before clipping). The output control on the TB12 allows you to limit the output signal from the preamp even when pushing the gain to really high levels, really giving you maximum control.