Vintage Neve 1073 vs. Vintech X73i Mic Pre Shootout

http://www.soundpure.com/p/vintech-audio-x73i-neve-1073-pre-eq/186
The Vintech X73i (Neve 1073) Replica is compared side-by-side an original pair of Vintage Neve 1073's in a scientific mic preamp shootout at Sound Pure recording studios. For the shootout, The Sound Pure Steinway Concert grand piano was recorded using a matched pair of Peluso P12 Tube microphones (Vintage Clones of the AKG C12 microphone) spaced across the piano's strings. Each microphones' output was split, one to the Neve and one to the Vintech X73i. Volume output at identical levels was tested by verifying virtually complete phase cancellation between the two signals when summed together (with one preamp set to phase reverse). The Vintage clone Vintech X73i blew the minds of the engineers at Sound Pure studios, as the differences between the Vintech and the Neve were imperceptible. After the listening, the Sound Pure engineers discuss their impressions of the sounds that they were hearing through the studio monitors in the Sound Pure control room. Sound Pure is a proud seller of Vintech products, and can be reached to answer any questions about the mic pre shootout, or if you'd like the high res audio files for your own listening. Sound Pure can be reached toll free at 888-528-9703.

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Music

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• Neve 1073 Preamp
• Neve Mic Pre
• Neve EQ
• Vintech Audio
• Vintech X73
• X73i
• Vintech
• Neve
• API
• X81
• 473
• 609ca
• Mastering
• EQ
• Recording Piano

[swollenpickle09]

unreliable?? Mine work fine and always do. Every heard the words "tech" or "maintenance"?

[soundpurestudios]

@swollenpickle09 Yep, techs and maintenance go a long way to maintaining old gear- you will certainly need a good one. On the other hand, so do warranties- no workie? Send it back. And, the reliability and longevity of a brand new piece of gear is quite great. For a lot of people, vintage gear is a non-starter for this precise reason. For others, turning in one original for four of these is a very, very practical move. If you've got a good tech, and no need for the money, lucky you!

[soundpurestudios]

@drumlyell We appreciate your post as well. We've got no problem with anyone posting their thoughts and opinions, but when it becomes hostile, unhelpful, or some sort of personal agenda, we don't feel that it really helps anyone. Anyway, appreciate you saying something here. Please let us know if we can help you in any way!

[soundpurestudios]

@MightySaturn5 Thanks for saying so!

[drumlyell]

@whitepapagold The engineers were not pretending to move faders and push buttons, they were simply solo-ing or muting the outputs of the two signals they were comparing. Thats called A/B-ing, which is what the guy said they were doing. Not everyone can afford or wants to deal with upkeep of vintage gear, so videos like this are a lot of help when choosing gear for a new studio.

[MightySaturn5]

@soundpurestudios logical and obvious point...thanks for putting this shootout up and have a great day

[soundpurestudios]

@whitepapagold Love the hostility, negativity, and self pride.

Guess the many, many Grammy winning engineers that feel these are perfect substitutes don't know what they are doing either!

Your comment is exactly why we've gone to blind shootouts- while we ALWAYS conduct shootouts blindly, by revealing the gear identity, people that want to exaggerate non-existent differences don't. These are production tools, so saying that one "absolutely stomps" demonstrates your lack of experience.

[whitepapagold]

Not only is the Neve better sounding in the video- even at youtube quality, its EQ not showcased here absolutely stomps the vintech.

The only useful part of this video is the mention that vintage units are a PITA- owning 1084s I have to agree. But they are far better than the Vintech units- idiosyncrasies included.

Your engineers trying to look busy and serious are hilarious btw... Did the video team ask them to pretend to move faders and push buttons? heheh riiiiight...

[soundpurestudios]

@TheeAldeen Heheh- thanks for saying! We're not as young as we look- a couple of us on this video have 20+ years each of recording experience. While the youngest members of our crew were the ones responsible for putting this particular video together, there are guys at SP with multiple multi-platinum records, and Grammy-award nominations. Point is, if you are looking for real battle-proven studio advice, we have plenty of real-world experience to help you through your next decision.

[TheeAldeen]

its just a bunch of kids - so jealous