studer 169 mic pre's vs neve, api, hardy etc

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how do the mic pre's in these mixers stack up to the above in tonal
character?

do they have input transformers?

i read on old posts here that they are used for classical recordings. would
they be too clinical for jazz recordings

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anon <anonymousm@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>how do the mic pre's in these mixers stack up to the above in tonal
>character?

They were intended to be neutral. By modern standards they are maybe a little
on the brittle side, but not too awful. They aren't in the Hardy/Great
River/Millennia league but they were basically an attempt at doing the same
thing thirty years back.

>do they have input transformers?

Yes.

>i read on old posts here that they are used for classical recordings. would
>they be too clinical for jazz recordings

How can anything be too clinical for jazz recordings?
--scott
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