• Reviews around sound (3.56 of 5)

    BEHRINGER TUBE ULTRAGAIN MIC100

    • High end?Eliminates the "dull" sound of standard digital recorders and sound cards
    • Largely based on the reviews I read here at Amazon, I bought one of these MIC100 pre-amps to see if if would 'warm up' the sound of my hollow-body electric guitar
    • This is what the item is said to do:Hand-selected 12AX7 vacuum tube with UTC technology for exceptional warmth and lowest noiseThe ultimate sound-enhancing tool for virtually any sound sourcePerfectly complements studio-grade condenser micsHigh-end tube mic/line preamplifier for studio, live and hard disk recording applicationsEliminates the "dull" sound of standard digital recorders and sound cardsNow let me go through what it actually does
    • With the pre-amp gain control set to almost the minimum setting, and the "output" (volume level) set to the 9 o'clock position, I get more sound out of the main amp with it's settings at 5 than I did with just the main amp set to 8-9, and the sound is SO much cleaner
    • The sound is good enough for getting my ideas down and making songs demos
    • This is what the item is said to do:Hand-selected 12AX7 vacuum tube with UTC technology for exceptional warmth and lowest noiseThe ultimate sound-enhancing tool for virtually any sound sourcePerfectly complements studio-grade condenser micsHigh-end tube mic/line preamplifier for studio, live and hard disk recording applicationsEliminates the "dull" sound of standard digital recorders and sound cardsNow let me go through what it actually does
    • I also tried the slightly fancier Behringer MIC200 but that gave an inferior sound
    • It did brighten up the sound though, it just added noise..
    • Lately, I have been using it to warm up the sound of a low-cost mic, sometimes connected line-in to the same amp, and sometimes to a mixer or direct to a P.A.I have to say that, for me, it works great in both roles
    • Preamps are supposed to limit noise and warm up the sound
    • With many tube-based mic-pre's, it is common to increase gain before accordingly adjust the output level as a means to force the warm, "tube compression" sound, but with this unit, I would recommend the opposite