Originally Posted by rharv
Originally Posted by DrDan
I owned the Studio Project VTB1 up til it died over a year or two ago - it is now in my dead and unused equipment closet. I had it for about 5 - 10 years. ... and gifts on loan from God.

They're built like tanks! What died?
I had a power supply die (replaced), but otherwise it's been a great little unit.

I just checked, it is no longer in the closet. I must have purged it to trash over the past year. I have been doing a lot of that lately. Fact is I do believe I purchased both the pre-amp and mic based on your recommendation so many years back. The combo worked well for maybe a decade or more, but as I said the preamp just quit on me one day. I was a pleasently surprised it could be so easily replaced by gear I already had with my MOTU. So I never looked back or thought about replacing the pre-amp. Far fewer adjustments available, but I never really learned how to optimize the VTB1 so it just was bit over complicated for me. The MOTU I just turn on and adjust gain.


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