The Latest Piece of Gear You’re Trying NOT to Impulse Buy?

The Serrano 87 has piqued my interest, 2 would be pretty handy and probably a step up from my Miktek C7's.

Flickinger Twin Flicks. I think I've about talked myself out of it. Still, GAS will strike again.

Transformer and opamp goodness! I like that this can be a line amp, too. Seems the price is right for what you get.

I also like the feedback I've heard about the high end sweetness. No such thing as too much of that.

What do you like about most, plinker?

Thanks for the info and the compliment as well. I'm going to check that link out.

As you can see, I'm a fellow who values options. "Options": another handy euphemism for G.A.S.

I have one Cranborne Camden 500 series... I like it enough I'm most likely going to make it a pair pretty soon.

Currently trying not to impulse buy the Cherry Audio Polymode synth for $19 (plugin.)

Rather than give a non-answer, I will say that I haven't tried it on vocals yet.  I bought it based on several YouTube demos that I thought it sounded great on voice and anything else.  So far I've used it on bass and acoustic guitar mostly.  I guess I haven't really "worked it out."  A lot of my tracking chains are just reliable and sound great and don't need messing with.

The Mojo on it sounds great but it doesn't really sound like a Neve 1073 in particular, kind of its own thing, its own flavor.  It's not really a substitute for a preamp like that if that's the exact sound you're going for.  The "thump" mojo on bass has this almost tape recorder kind of sound to me, and it does give a good low end.  But, in general, I really like how clean and punchy it is, it can capture transients like no other pre I have used, even other clean ones.  Perhaps the SCA C84 one was a bit like this, but I like the Camden better.  There is overall a "smooth" quality to the sound.  The spic and span sonics of it lets things sound quite large.  The midrange feels sort of relaxed and pleasant.  There's a full low-mid and that sort of transient sparkle on the top.  I've never used a J99, but that's how people usually describe those, big and clean.

One of these days (down the road) I'll take my Yamaha MLA8 pres off of drums, and start applying all these 500 and vintage style pres I'm starting to accumulate on drums.  I'm curious how the Camden would do with cymbals or room mics.  I've already got some preamps that aren't being used sitting here, with plans to add more.

So it's hard to answer your question specifically, I just think these are pretty cool pres based on my somewhat limited use of them so far, but enough to buy another.  If I remember to, I'll try it on vocals next time I track a song.

The fender squire 60’s reissue p bass sitting in my studio . OOps!
I have an original 1960 p bass wtf ! It’s a sickness

1968 Gibson SG. Still struggling with whether or not vintage guitars are worth the premium anymore...to me.

There's a tuxedo* ric 610 on reverb for 2k. I'm so tempted. If it were a 620, I'd buy it instantly; something about that black binding does something for the look. Still inching closer and closer to that buy button...
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*=I actually think it may only be tuxedo if the neck has that white finish on the fretboard too, but I could be wrong.

An Elan 2 is probably new enough that your not in the position of having a Neotek rats nest that’s really a one off. Oh but they sound so nice. Just lots of fun when it comes to care and feeding.