The unit weighs about the same as a Dan Alexander 2 ch the front panel is thicker than I expected at this price, metal work looks pretty good, but haven’t opened it up yet. But man the power supply is so tiny ! Think cheap laptop ! Still trying to get back from flu and head cool will post pics as soon as I have a chance!
As a point of comparison, does anybody know what kind of power supply the Warm Neve clones stuff has? I know it has an IEC cable, but is the internal power supply linear or switching? The Heritage is clearly an external switching supply.
Without knowing the distinction in the quality of Warm's linear supply versus Heritage's switching supply, I still think that's an interesting difference between the two units. Thanks for putting that out there.
I'm still torn. Sound comparisons may eventually sway me one way or the other. I think Warm has the obvious edge on features and price. I really like the inserts that Warm offers. Though I should ask, are the inserts between the preamp and eq? What about when using it in line mode? Do the inserts come before the eq when in line mode?
I honestly would rather get the Heritage just because the graphics look better (not afraid to admit it). But damn, the Warm has more features like a front mounted XLR and various inserts on the back, as well as an IEC power cable. Plus it's a $100 cheaper.
I honestly would rather get the Heritage just because the graphics look better (not afraid to admit it). But damn, the Warm has more features like a front mounted XLR and various inserts on the back, as well as an IEC power cable. Plus it's a $100 cheaper.
funny enough, when I see front mounted XLR's on a piece of gear I immediately know I will not buy it... been a pet peeve of mine for 20+ years. It just screams unprofessional to me, and stuff sticking out always drives me nuts. Esp. on things like interfaces or 8 channel preamps. Absolutely hate that... creates a rats nest of mess, just could not stand it. maybe because I know that in real studios you won't see cables sticking out the front of the furniture racks. I know it's done for convenience and you don't have to use it, not knocking the choice; just a personal pet peeve due to my OCD...
It’s interesting to have two highly similar products, very close on price yet, of course , with differences. Usefulness and convenience are valued here. I mostly single and double track, so being able to set up quickly, xlr’s on front I like but 1-2 cables is one thing a whole bunch not so nice.
I would think the weight and heft of the transformers similar but I think the Warm will have the earlier more vintage sound with the marinair and the Heritage the somewhat more open also classic but latter sound: be nice to buy both:)
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I honestly would rather get the Heritage just because the graphics look better (not afraid to admit it). But damn, the Warm has more features like a front mounted XLR and various inserts on the back, as well as an IEC power cable. Plus it's a $100 cheaper.
funny enough, when I see front mounted XLR's on a piece of gear I immediately know I will not buy it... been a pet peeve of mine for 20+ years. It just screams unprofessional to me, and stuff sticking out always drives me nuts. Esp. on things like interfaces or 8 channel preamps. Absolutely hate that... creates a rats nest of mess, just could not stand it. maybe because I know that in real studios you won't see cables sticking out the front of the furniture racks. I know it's done for convenience and you don't have to use it, not knocking the choice; just a personal pet peeve due to my OCD...
My studio would drive you insane then. There are even small gaps in some of the hardwood flooring - drives my fiancee crazy.
I honestly would rather get the Heritage just because the graphics look better (not afraid to admit it). But damn, the Warm has more features like a front mounted XLR and various inserts on the back, as well as an IEC power cable. Plus it's a $100 cheaper.
funny enough, when I see front mounted XLR's on a piece of gear I immediately know I will not buy it... been a pet peeve of mine for 20+ years. It just screams unprofessional to me, and stuff sticking out always drives me nuts. Esp. on things like interfaces or 8 channel preamps. Absolutely hate that... creates a rats nest of mess, just could not stand it. maybe because I know that in real studios you won't see cables sticking out the front of the furniture racks. I know it's done for convenience and you don't have to use it, not knocking the choice; just a personal pet peeve due to my OCD...
Yeah Chad The front Jack always screams pro-sumer designed by marketing guys! Hey guess what that’s what that rack of patchbays is for! Funny enough It always seemed like the cables people had plugged into the front of stuff were the cables that failed!
“Right now I need a Telecaster through a Vibrolux turned up to 10” Memphis in the meantime by John Hiatt
I honestly would rather get the Heritage just because the graphics look better (not afraid to admit it). But damn, the Warm has more features like a front mounted XLR and various inserts on the back, as well as an IEC power cable. Plus it's a $100 cheaper.
funny enough, when I see front mounted XLR's on a piece of gear I immediately know I will not buy it... been a pet peeve of mine for 20+ years. It just screams unprofessional to me, and stuff sticking out always drives me nuts. Esp. on things like interfaces or 8 channel preamps. Absolutely hate that... creates a rats nest of mess, just could not stand it. maybe because I know that in real studios you won't see cables sticking out the front of the furniture racks. I know it's done for convenience and you don't have to use it, not knocking the choice; just a personal pet peeve due to my OCD...
I honestly would rather get the Heritage just because the graphics look better (not afraid to admit it). But damn, the Warm has more features like a front mounted XLR and various inserts on the back, as well as an IEC power cable. Plus it's a $100 cheaper.
funny enough, when I see front mounted XLR's on a piece of gear I immediately know I will not buy it... been a pet peeve of mine for 20+ years. It just screams unprofessional to me, and stuff sticking out always drives me nuts. Esp. on things like interfaces or 8 channel preamps. Absolutely hate that... creates a rats nest of mess, just could not stand it. maybe because I know that in real studios you won't see cables sticking out the front of the furniture racks. I know it's done for convenience and you don't have to use it, not knocking the choice; just a personal pet peeve due to my OCD...
This is true. It looks cheesy. I do a lot of control room overdubs though so I would probably use it. I could live without it though.
funny enough, when I see front mounted XLR's on a piece of gear I immediately know I will not buy it... been a pet peeve of mine for 20+ years. It just screams unprofessional to me, and stuff sticking out always drives me nuts. Esp. on things like interfaces or 8 channel preamps. Absolutely hate that... creates a rats nest of mess, just could not stand it. maybe because I know that in real studios you won't see cables sticking out the front of the furniture racks. I know it's done for convenience and you don't have to use it, not knocking the choice; just a personal pet peeve due to my OCD...
This is true. It looks cheesy. I do a lot of control room overdubs though so I would probably use it. I could live without it though.
Jamie Think patchbay! And a panel with a couple of XLRS ! Yeah
“Right now I need a Telecaster through a Vibrolux turned up to 10” Memphis in the meantime by John Hiatt
This is true. It looks cheesy. I do a lot of control room overdubs though so I would probably use it. I could live without it though.
Jamie Think patchbay! And a panel with a couple of XLRS ! Yeah
exactly, my rack has a Bittree TT patchbay (96 point, balanced TT, hard-wired/soldered, and normalled by hand wiring as needed), which handles my routing and my i/o. My preamps are all serviced by what I call an input bay, which I made myself though today you can get them off ebay for cheap. a 2u blank panel with 32 Switchcraft XLR inputs on it, which are hand soldered in the back (and sealed) to an XLR cable pigtail which goes to the rear inputs of all the API and ADL preamps... and I consider that pretty basic. None of my preamps have front XLR's. I built or heavily rebuilt all of them myself, and made the panels, so of course they are exactly what I wanted them all to be, nothing more and nothing less.. but I am a bit OCD.
Jamie Think patchbay! And a panel with a couple of XLRS ! Yeah
Yeah we do have a patchbay and an XLR panel too. Even with the XLR panel I still have a couple XLR to TT cables that I use frequently.
Yeah many don’t grasp that a huge advantage of patchbays is that you need far less adaptors around ! I remember in my first setup without bays I had to have every imagineable adaptor!
“Right now I need a Telecaster through a Vibrolux turned up to 10” Memphis in the meantime by John Hiatt