Tube Mic
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MXL V69XM Tube Condenser Mic $399 Internally wired with world-class Mogami cable, the MXL V69XM is a versatile vacuum tube condenser microphone with a 32mm capsule and transformer-balanced output for extremely high levels of tonal quality. The MXL mic is a perfect complement to analog and digital recording devices and will give you superb vocal and instrument reproduction for years to come. |
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Studio Projects Vtb-1 Tube Blend Mic Preamp $149.99 The new Studio Projects VTB-1 Tube Blend Mic Preamp is the ultimate in low-cost microphone preamplifier technology. Incorporating true class A/B switching, the VTB-1 is a totally discrete circuit. Unique to the VTB-1 mic preamp is the Tube Drive circuit based on a a 12AX7 tube that allows the user to blend as little or as much of the Tube Drive as desired. The Studio Projects VTB-1 allows the user the most flexibility of any mic pre in its price class.The VTB-1 preamp allows you to go from a pristine solid state sound to any combination of Tube Drive you choose - even hard distortion for guitars and bass! The Studio Projects VTB-1 is must-have device as the perfect mic preamplifier for any microphone!A superb vocal mic pre with warm transparent characterGreat for use as a tube DI boxIdeal for production, broadcast, and voice over workPerfect for the professional and home project studio |
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Studio Projects VTB-1 Tube Blend Mic Preamp $149.99 The new Studio Projects VTB-1 Tube Blend Mic Preamp is the ultimate in low-cost microphone preamplifier technology. Incorporating true class A/B switching, the VTB-1 is a totally discrete circuit. Unique to the VTB-1 mic preamp is the Tube Drive circuit based on a a 12AX7 tube that allows the user to blend as little or as much of the Tube Drive as desired. The Studio Projects VTB-1 allows the user the most flexibility of any mic pre in its price class.The VTB-1 preamp allows you to go from a pristine solid state sound to any combination of Tube Drive you choose - even hard distortion for guitars and bass! The Studio Projects VTB-1 is must-have device as the perfect mic preamplifier for any microphone! |
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Summit Audio 2BA-221 Tube Mic and Line Module $679 The variable-impedence Summit Audio 2BA-221 Tube Mic and Line Module is a microphone preamp that has individual controls to mix mic with Hi-Z or line inputs for variable vacuum tube output. You can mix them together through 12AX7A/ECC83 tube output or separately through individual solid state outputs. A stackable input design allows multiple 2BA-221s to be linked for a modular mixing device with individual outs, inserts per channel, and a final vacuum tube gain stage. Its swept high-pass filter, multiple simultaneous tube and solid state outputs, insert jack, and internal power supply makes the 2BA-221 a powerful tracking and mixing tool. |
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Summit Audio 2Ba-221 Tube Mic And Line Module $679 The variable-impedence Summit Audio 2BA-221 Tube Mic and Line Module is a microphone preamp that has individual controls to mix mic with Hi-Z or line inputs for variable vacuum tube output. You can mix them together through 12AX7A/ECC83 tube output or separately through individual solid state outputs. A stackable input design allows multiple 2BA-221s to be linked for a modular mixing device with individual outs, inserts per channel, and a final vacuum tube gain stage. Its swept high-pass filter, multiple simultaneous tube and solid state outputs, insert jack, and internal power supply makes the 2BA-221 a powerful tracking and mixing tool. Variable mic input impedance from 100 ohms to 10K ohms Variable high-pass filter Hi-Z instrument, line, and mic level inputs Hi-Z input and mic input available simultaneously with separate gain controls Separate solid state and tube outputs Insert jack Stackable with more 2BA-221s 1/2 rack size 3 year warranty XLR and 1/4" I/O 3 variable, independent gain stages |
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Art Tube Mp Professional Mic Preamp/Processor $48 The ART Tube MP Professional Mic Preamp/Processor is a 12AX7-based mic preamp that provides high-quality sound and smooth response. You get 70dB of gain while maintaining a low noise floor suitable for digital. Features 1/4" balanced and XLR balanced inputs, 1/4" TRS and XLR balanced outputs, input and output level controls, a phantom power switch, "soft" power up and down, and more. 12AX7 tube-based mic preamp for quality sound70dB of gain while maintaining a low noise floor suitable for digital1/4" balanced and XLR balanced inputs1/4" TRS and XLR balanced outputs, input and output level controlsPhantom power switch"Soft" power up and down |
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ART Tube MP Professional Mic Preamp/Processor $48 The ART Tube MP Professional Mic Preamp/Processor is a 12AX7-based mic preamp that provides high-quality sound and smooth response. You get 70dB of gain while maintaining a low noise floor suitable for digital. Features 1/4" balanced and XLR balanced inputs, 1/4" TRS and XLR balanced outputs, input and output level controls, a phantom power switch, "soft" power up and down, and more. |
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Used Studio Projects Vtb-1 Tube Blend Mic Preamp $136.49 The new Studio Projects VTB-1 Tube Blend Mic Preamp is the ultimate in low-cost microphone preamplifier technology. Incorporating true class A/B switching, the VTB-1 is a totally discrete circuit. Unique to the VTB-1 mic preamp is the Tube Drive circuit based on a a 12AX7 tube that allows the user to blend as little or as much of the Tube Drive as desired. The Studio Projects VTB-1 allows the user the most flexibility of any mic pre in its price class.The VTB-1 preamp allows you to go from a pristine solid state sound to any combination of Tube Drive you choose - even hard distortion for guitars and bass! The Studio Projects VTB-1 is must-have device as the perfect mic preamplifier for any microphone!A superb vocal mic pre with warm transparent characterGreat for use as a tube DI boxIdeal for production, broadcast, and voice over workPerfect for the professional and home project studio |
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Used Summit Audio 2Ba-221 Tube Mic And Line Module $578.68 The variable-impedence Summit Audio 2BA-221 Tube Mic and Line Module is a microphone preamp that has individual controls to mix mic with Hi-Z or line inputs for variable vacuum tube output. You can mix them together through 12AX7A/ECC83 tube output or separately through individual solid state outputs. A stackable input design allows multiple 2BA-221s to be linked for a modular mixing device with individual outs, inserts per channel, and a final vacuum tube gain stage. Its swept high-pass filter, multiple simultaneous tube and solid state outputs, insert jack, and internal power supply makes the 2BA-221 a powerful tracking and mixing tool. Variable mic input impedance from 100 ohms to 10K ohms Variable high-pass filter Hi-Z instrument, line, and mic level inputs Hi-Z input and mic input available simultaneously with separate gain controls Separate solid state and tube outputs Insert jack Stackable with more 2BA-221s 1/2 rack size 3 year warranty XLR and 1/4" I/O 3 variable, independent gain stages |
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ART Tube MP Studio V3 Mic Preamp $75 The ART Tube MP StudioV3 Mic Preamp features ART's V3 (Variable Valve Voicing) technology that provides optimized reference points to begin recording. The V3 presets were created by some of the industry's top studio and live-sound engineers, along with ART's veteran engineering department. It allows you to select among a multitude of preamp settings designed for guitars (electric and acoustic), keyboards, bass guitars, drums, vocals, and more. It also features an Output Protection Limiter (OPL) to control and maintain the output peak signal; crucial when recording to hard disk or using a sound card. Also can serve as an exceptional direct box for impedance matching or simply improving the sound of any instrument plugged into it. |
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Used Art Tube Mp Professional Mic Preamp/Processor $36.75 The ART Tube MP Professional Mic Preamp/Processor is a 12AX7-based mic preamp that provides high-quality sound and smooth response. You get 70dB of gain while maintaining a low noise floor suitable for digital. Features 1/4" balanced and XLR balanced inputs, 1/4" TRS and XLR balanced outputs, input and output level controls, a phantom power switch, "soft" power up and down, and more. 12AX7 tube-based mic preamp for quality sound70dB of gain while maintaining a low noise floor suitable for digital1/4" balanced and XLR balanced inputs1/4" TRS and XLR balanced outputs, input and output level controlsPhantom power switch"Soft" power up and down |
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Art Tube Mp Studio V3 Mic Preamp $75 The ART Tube MP StudioV3 Mic Preamp features ART's V3 (Variable Valve Voicing) technology that provides optimized reference points to begin recording. The V3 presets were created by some of the industry's top studio and live-sound engineers, along with ART's veteran engineering department. It allows you to select among a multitude of preamp settings designed for guitars (electric and acoustic), keyboards, bass guitars, drums, vocals, and more. It also features an Output Protection Limiter (OPL) to control and maintain the output peak signal; crucial when recording to hard disk or using a sound card. Also can serve as an exceptional direct box for impedance matching or simply improving the sound of any instrument plugged into it.V3 presets provide fine-tuned presets designed by top studio and live-sound engineers allowing you to quickly optimize your recordings Features ART's Output Protection Limiter, which precisely and accurately controls and maintains the output peak signal In addition to preamplification, the Tube MP Studio can be used as an exceptional direct box for impedance matching, amplifying, and improving the sound of any instrument plugged into it Dynamic range: 100dB Frequency response: 10Hz-20kHz Maximum gain: 70dB |
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ART Pro Channel Tube Mic Preamp $290.29 The Pro Channel from ART is the latest offering from the world's most popular tube dynamics processing manufacturer. ART engineers have combined the world-renowned Pro MPA, Pro VLA, and Tube EQ into a single product - creating the world's best-sounding and most affordable professional recording channel.The Pro Channel features many new and exciting design enhancements to ART's pro and home studio staples, including the addition of a tube circuit to the compressor module. The Pro Channel allows you to select between ART's award winning optical/tube compressor or the coveted tube circuit (a design made popular by the sound of the old broadcast limiters - now costing thousands of dollars). The tube circuit is fast, fat and a bit aggressive, and is guaranteed to become a legend among compressors as has the Pro VLA. The four-band parametric equalizer has selectable Q for the two sweepable mid-bands. As with all design elements of the Pro Channel, these Q options were fine-tuned by some of the industry's top studio and live-sound engineers. Likewise, all new additions were made without compromise to the sound of the original designs (Pro MPA, Pro VLA, Tube EQ), which have become standards in professional studios and FOH rigs around the globe. |
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Manley DMMP Dual Mono Tube Mic Preamp $2970 The Manley DMMP Dual Mono Microphone Preamp is an all-tube microphone primarily intended for use with modern capacitor (condenser) microphones. Now, 40 to 60dB gain, enough for most ribbon mics, is selectable in precise 5dB steps by varying the amount of overall negative feedback on the GAIN switch. This is a very interesting feature, allowing you to change the slew rate (speed), placement, and tonal balance of the sound from mellow and "tubey-er" through to faster, punchier, and more aggressive. Tube complements include 1 x 12AX7EH hand-selected for lowest noise, and 1 x 6414 per channel for each high-current output stage. Each tube preamp in the Manley DMMP is painstakingly hand-wired using silver solder and audiophile-grade components. Double-shielded custom-built power transformers and custom-built high-capacity reservoir capacitors demonstrate Manley's modern power supply design approach. When you need to get your tunes through some tubes before hitting a sterile digital recorder, the front-panel 1/4" Direct Input jack lets the Dual Mono Mic Pre serve double duty as a pure tube line stage for instruments such as bass, drum machines, and keyboards. Total gain in this mode becomes 20dB less than indicated on the Gain switch. Both transformer-coupled balanced, and direct (via humongous metalized film MultiCaps) capacitor-coupled unbalanced outputs are provided giving you the choice of audiophile/purist or big iron sounds. Perennial shoot-out winners, Manley single-ended preamp designs have become favorites among top engineers and home recordists looking for "that rich Manley sound with the tight bass and the top end that goes on forever" which begs to go direct to tape. It's a BIG sounding mic preamp.What's so cool about variable Feedback?The Manley tube microphone preamp's global negative feedback takes a small portion of the output signal and re-injects it back into the input stage, which greatly improves linearity and distortion performance of an amplifier. A tasteful amount of negative feedback is the key: too much and you're into poor transient response and phase shift problems. Manley generally uses somewhere between 4 to 14dB of feedback in their line preamplifiers. Within that window is a definite point of maximized stability with optimum sonic performance, giving you the choice of where you want to be. Changing the amount of feedback alters the overall gain of the amplifier as well as the slew rate (speed).In the context of a hifi amplifier or preamplifier with the Variable Feedback feature, EveAnna (Manley) uses variable feedback to suit different CD's and recording styles when she's listening to music at home. "For the most part I keep the variable feedback controls around the middle but sometimes when I'm playing a CD which is kind of harsh and aggressive sounding or I just want to mellow out, I just turn those controls down and apply mor |
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Manley Dmmp Dual Mono Tube Mic Preamp $2970 The Manley DMMP Dual Mono Microphone Preamp is an all-tube microphone primarily intended for use with modern capacitor (condenser) microphones. Now, 40 to 60dB gain, enough for most ribbon mics, is selectable in precise 5dB steps by varying the amount of overall negative feedback on the GAIN switch. This is a very interesting feature, allowing you to change the slew rate (speed), placement, and tonal balance of the sound from mellow and "tubey-er" through to faster, punchier, and more aggressive. Tube complements include 1 x 12AX7EH hand-selected for lowest noise, and 1 x 6414 per channel for each high-current output stage. Each tube preamp in the Manley DMMP is painstakingly hand-wired using silver solder and audiophile-grade components. Double-shielded custom-built power transformers and custom-built high-capacity reservoir capacitors demonstrate Manley's modern power supply design approach. When you need to get your tunes through some tubes before hitting a sterile digital recorder, the front-panel 1/4" Direct Input jack lets the Dual Mono Mic Pre serve double duty as a pure tube line stage for instruments such as bass, drum machines, and keyboards. Total gain in this mode becomes 20dB less than indicated on the Gain switch. Both transformer-coupled balanced, and direct (via humongous metalized film MultiCaps) capacitor-coupled unbalanced outputs are provided giving you the choice of audiophile/purist or big iron sounds. Perennial shoot-out winners, Manley single-ended preamp designs have become favorites among top engineers and home recordists looking for "that rich Manley sound with the tight bass and the top end that goes on forever" which begs to go direct to tape. It's a BIG sounding mic preamp.What's so cool about variable Feedback?The Manley tube microphone preamp's global negative feedback takes a small portion of the output signal and re-injects it back into the input stage, which greatly improves linearity and distortion performance of an amplifier. A tasteful amount of negative feedback is the key: too much and you're into poor transient response and phase shift problems. Manley generally uses somewhere between 4 to 14dB of feedback in their line preamplifiers. Within that window is a definite point of maximized stability with optimum sonic performance, giving you the choice of where you want to be. Changing the amount of feedback alters the overall gain of the amplifier as well as the slew rate (speed).In the context of a hifi amplifier or preamplifier with the Variable Feedback feature, EveAnna (Manley) uses variable feedback to suit different CD's and recording styles when she's listening to music at home. "For the most part I keep the variable feedback controls around the middle but sometimes when I'm playing a CD which is kind of harsh and aggressive sounding or I just want to mellow out, I just turn those controls down and apply more feedback to get a smoother, richer texture. But when I'm the one in the aggressive mood, I c |
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ART Tube MP Studio Mic Preamp List Price: $86.00 Sale Price: $29.99 Used From: $29.00  |
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The original Tube MP made pro-caliber tube preamping available to ordinary musicians and home studios. The MP Studio goes a step further by adding a VU meter for better level control and ART's OPL (Output Protection Limiter), which controls and maintains the output peak signal to protect hard-disk recording systems and soundcards... |
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The TubePRE is the highest quality vacuum tube preamp in its class. Loaded with PreSonus award winning dual servo preamplifier, the TubePre affordably delivers low noise tube warmth for vocals, guitars, bass guitars, synths and sound modules... |
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The new BLUETUBE DP two channel microphone/instrument preamplifier with Dual Path technology delivers the best of both worlds offering a solid state preamplifier stage and a tube preamplifier stage in each channel... |
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How To Care For And Troubleshoot Your Hearing Aids
It's very easy to care for your hearing aids. Proper care for your hearing aids can help them last longer and lower the necessities for hearing aid repairs.
Basics of Hearing Aid Care
Movable Parts of Your Hearing Aids
Battery Door
The battery doors of your hearing aids are used everyday. When you're not using your hearing aids, you should open the battery doors. Because of the oils on your skin dirt and grime can build up around the edges of the battery doors. Use the brush provided by your hearing aid specialist to clean around the edges of the battery doors.
Volume Control
The volume controls of your hearing aids are used even more than your battery doors. The same problem exists with the oils on skin causing a build up of dirt and grime. This dirt and grime not only gets on top of the volume control, it also gets underneath the volume wheel eventually causing the volume control to fail. This can be stopped once again by using the brush your hearing aid specialist provided for you. Be sure to clean underneath the volume wheel as much as possible with the brush. The volume wheel should turn as you clean it so brush both clockwise and counter-clockwise.
Switches
Some hearing aids have telephone switches and very old hearing aids may have noise reduction switches (which were pretty useless thus only old hearing aid have them). The same situation applies here about oil from the skin and grime getting on the switch. Again use your brush to clean the hearing aids with the switch in both positions.
If one of your hearing aids is making a buzzing sound and you cannot hear any amplification, check the telephone switch and make sure it's not toggled to telephone.
Memory Buttons
More memory buttons are found on hearing aids now as opposed to toggle switches. Some hearing aids can use up to five memories for various environments. I never cared for these options as many patients were confused by them. Most patients also selected one memory they thought sounded good and stuck with that one memory. Multi-memory hearing aids slow down actual adjustment of proper amplification of sound and speech via hearing aids. How would you like it if your “normal” hearing sounded different to you even one out of two times in the same noise environment. Be difficult to get used to wouldn't it?
But, this is about care. So use your brush on the memory button as well once again due to the oils on your skin and grime forming on the memory button eventually working its way into the circuitry. Memory buttons don't go bad as often as toggle switches due, but it does happen and with proper care some of these repairs can be avoided.
Moisture
Moisture can affect any electronic device. Imagine storing your television in an environment of salt water and ear wax and expecting it to function perfectly without any professional care. That's the same environment your hearing aids are in up to 16 hours a day. A moisture guard box in which the hearing aids are stored over night will help cut problems due to moisture.
If either of your hearing aids is intermittent, in other words shuts off and turns on on its own and the problem seems to repair itself when you let it sit out of your ear for a period of time, only to shut down again after being in your ear, this can be a moisture problem.
DO NOT put your hearing aids in the microwave to dry them out. It's true, people have tried this. Placing your hearing aids in the microwave will fry the circuitry.
Microphone
Microphones are very small. They're found on the faceplates of the hearing aids. The part that faces out when they're in your ears. The microphones are the tiny holes you see in your hearing aids. They'll either be one or two holes. Sometimes the microphone are covered by a mic inlet screen which helps to catch dirt flying through the air. The screens have tiny holes in them to let the sound in, but they can clog up with dirt.
Use your brush on the microphones but do not force the brush into the holes where the microphones are located. Avoid using hairspray with your hearing aids in your ears. You might even wait for your hair to dry out from any moisture from the hairspray.
Sound Tube
The sound tubes are how the sound comes out of your hearing aids and into your ears. Sounds tubes plug up more from ear wax and dry skin more than any other part on hearing aids. By nature, the gland which produces ear wax, the cerumen gland, is designed to point out the of your ear so the ear wax will flow out and is less likely to cause an impaction. Sound must go in. Ear wax must come out. See the problem?
There are some hearing aids which have wax guard protectors of various types. Some of these are patient changeable. If you know you're battery is good but you are getting little to no volume then change your wax guard. If you do not have a wax guard, use the wire end of your brush or the wired cleaning tool your hearing aids came with to gently clean the wax out of the end of the hearing aid where the sound comes out. This is the end which goes into your ear.
In the case of hearing aids with comfort tips, which also stop feedback or whistling of the hearing aids, these can simply be removed and snap another one right back on. While you have it off run a thin wire or needle through the horizontal red (for right) or blue (for left) hole where the sound comes out of the hearing aids. This should clear any wax that the comfort tip hasn't caught.
Shell
The shell or outside of your hearing aids is made out of a special hypo-allergenic plastic which is less likely to cause an allergic reaction. If your ears becomes red and very dry after use or red and wet after use where ever the hearing is touching, stop wearing the hearing aids and contact your hearing instrument specialist. This is very rare The main concern is keeping the hearing aids clean. There are cleaning solutions that can be purchased, but in most cases a tissue to dry your hearing aids and wipe them off is sufficient.
Conclusion
This sounds like a lot of work, but a lot of scenarios have been covered here. Just remember your basic cleaning discussed here and keeping your hearing aids dry.
About the Author
About The Author
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J. Richard Kirkham has been in the hearing health care industry for over 20 years. He now owns and operates http://GlobalHearingServices.com A central hub for hearing loss, hearing information, tinnitus, and low cost, high performance hearing aids. Support his efforts by visiting Global Hearing Services. Feel free to join his FREE hearing help forum Ask A Hearing Aid Expert.