Post by rowmat on Nov 21, 2015 20:17:40 GMT -6
I've been looking at V72's and V76's for the past year and contemplating whether to bite the bullet and take a chance on the S/H market.
V76's are now insanely expensive and a single unit can hit close to $4k before it's even racked and refurbished.
I almost pulled the trigger on a V72 in the last couple of weeks but the seller listed it on eBay as "untested" and I wasn't prepared to risk it especially after a painfully excrutiating purchase of a console through a Nashville based US gear broker. I'm sure some of you can guess who this broker is.
Anyway last week I contacted a local dealer to enquire about Mercury Audio's V72s and V76m preamps.
As these are supposed to be pretty authentic recreations of the originals I wanted to compare both types of pres and then make a decision about one or the other.
As the Aussie dollar has dropped from parity with the U.S. dollar a couple of years ago down to around 70 cents U.S. I wasn't considering something like a new Mecury as the prices have skyrocketed over here. However... the dealer said he had a brand new Mercury pre out back that he had bought before the Aussie dollar dropped and gave me a price.
Well it was $1000 under the street U.S. price and that didn't take into account shipping and import taxes if I did buy one from the U.S.
So was it a V72s or a V76m?
As it turned out it was both.
Say hello to the Bruder!
The Flea 47 through this sounds like heaven on a stick!
V76's are now insanely expensive and a single unit can hit close to $4k before it's even racked and refurbished.
I almost pulled the trigger on a V72 in the last couple of weeks but the seller listed it on eBay as "untested" and I wasn't prepared to risk it especially after a painfully excrutiating purchase of a console through a Nashville based US gear broker. I'm sure some of you can guess who this broker is.
Anyway last week I contacted a local dealer to enquire about Mercury Audio's V72s and V76m preamps.
As these are supposed to be pretty authentic recreations of the originals I wanted to compare both types of pres and then make a decision about one or the other.
As the Aussie dollar has dropped from parity with the U.S. dollar a couple of years ago down to around 70 cents U.S. I wasn't considering something like a new Mecury as the prices have skyrocketed over here. However... the dealer said he had a brand new Mercury pre out back that he had bought before the Aussie dollar dropped and gave me a price.
Well it was $1000 under the street U.S. price and that didn't take into account shipping and import taxes if I did buy one from the U.S.
So was it a V72s or a V76m?
As it turned out it was both.
Say hello to the Bruder!
The Flea 47 through this sounds like heaven on a stick!
