Universal Audio 710 Twin-Finity Microphone Preamp: Freedom Of Choice (Video)

It's a tube mic pre! No, it's a solid-state mic pre! Stop, you're both right! It's the Universal Audio 710 Twin-Finity dual-path microphone preamplifier, and it's everything to everyone.

Well, for the most part it is. The 710 Twin-Finity never strays far from the silky, flattering quality with which UA mic pre's are most commonly associated, but the 710 does go a bit further. This half-rack unit features two parallel, discrete gain stages — one based on their classic tube preamps, one utilizing a transistor circuit. The two voice can be blended together with the use of a continuously variable control on the front of the unit, thus offer a near-infinite pallet of tonal variety.

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[gsdev1]

There was some ugly clipping with the guitar through the TRION. Was that from the 710 or your interface? I would expect a tube pre to have much, much softer clips than that. 

[gearwire]

@gsdev1 I think it might be our FLV encoder, actually. Happens occasionally with overdriven guitar and bass, for some reason. Definitely no clipping coming from the 710, and I was monitoring while recording so I don't think it clipped at the interface either. I'll have to investigate further.

[KidFiction101]

10 points for Collin!

[rudeboys28712]

i can't tell the difference in none of these test

[noizereduction]

@talledu I hear it here, just as much as I hear it on the pre (I have one). It's very subtle. It's supposed to be subtle. The difference between tubes and solid state is noticeable in a guitar amp, but in a mic preamp, it's just a difference in attack and character of the sound. If you can't hear it, don't bother, you're not alone. I only started hearing it after some years.

[talledu]

I could hear absolutely no difference on between solid state and tube. YouTube compression sucks.

[YTCrazytieguy]

On second thought, I actually think the tube has less bass for some reason.

[YTCrazytieguy]

Maybe it's just me, but I can't hear a difference. You really should upload these things in HD so you get a better quality mp3.

[gftGrafit]

Have you consider recording such a tests in HD? :]

[iw2mln]

@BigStudioBogota but it is exactly what I did. I don't know if YouTUBE as ruined the audio (then it's useless to publish demo in YouTUBE), but I don't hear any difference.

[BigStudioBogota]

@iw2mln try clicking on the timeline.. and switching.. between when he has trans and then tube... you'll hear a bigger difference then.. tube sounds a warmer and more scooped.. softer high end.. .. transistor sounded boxier more aggressive in my opinion.. i didn't hear much of a difference till i did this.. its a kind of subtle change but once you begin stacking tracks the tone will become a lot more apparent.