Earlier this year, we at WMBR Radio discussed replacing our trusty Soundcraft Spirit 328 digital mixing console. After many years of regular use, it was starting to show its age. Plus, we decided our...
ART's Tube MP mic preamp line has been around for some time, but a recent evolution of the series gave us the opportunity to review this unit. The stock preamps on our mixer here at WMBR radio (a...
While many excellent, low-cost, nearfield monitors have appeared on the market lately, studio subwoofers in our budget range that can accurately reproduce sound in the sub-80 Hz regime have been hard...
Hard drive and Compact Flash-based MP3 players have revolutionized portable music playback. No longer is it necessary to carry around stacks of CD's to enjoy a huge selection of music on-the-go....
The A500 is one of Behringer's newer products, and it's their only standalone amplifier aimed at the recording and post-production market. Sporting 2 x 230 Watts of power into 4 Ohms and a fanless,...
When Bag End sent me a three-piece system featuring their new M-6 studio monitors and Infrasub-12 PRO subwoofer, I lugged the heavy boxes over to WMBR Radio (where I used to DJ and engineer live...
The two-channel BLUETUBE DP is the successor to the original BLUETUBE mic preamp. Each channel is fully independent and features 48 V phantom power, a 20 dB pad, an 80 Hz high-pass filter, polarity...
As the Gear Reviews Editor, one of my responsibilities is matching up recording equipment with reviewers. In other words, if there's a piece of gear that the editors of Tape Op or the readers of the...
We've been big fans of ribbon tweeters for a long time here at WMBR Radio, especially after having reviewed the ADAM P11A's in Tape Op #33. So when we received a pair of Samson Rubicon 6a's for...
The Central Station is a talkback system and studio monitoring interface that routes audio from mixing or playback devices to multiple control room speakers as well as a studio or headphone cue...
The first thing you notice when listening to ADAM P11-A bi-amped monitors is the incredible detail. These aren't overly bright, thumping speakers with smiley-face frequency response curves-the...
The D6 is the newest member of Audix's D series of microphones, which are intended mainly for use on drums and percussion. A large-format dynamic with a cardioid polar pattern, the D6 is designed for...
