I'm looking for a cheap tube preamp for my record player. Right now what I've got is a pair of NHT fours ($100) and a gainclone power amp ($200) and somebody I know has an extra turntable. I thought ...

I then tried out just about every mic I own through it - from vintage Neumanns, AKGs, and Schoepses to beyer M88s and M500s, as well as a “cheap" Groove Tubes AM11 - and compared the results with the ...