Ok, this one if for the people with trained ears and a really good monitor situation.
I compared the API 3124+ Preamp to the BAE 1073MP (on 300Ω and 1200Ω settings)...
It's certainly not a night and day difference, but it's there for sure, especially if you listen to the unprocessed guitars solo'd....There are raw wav files of the guitars as well as the mix with the backing and some compression on the 2Bus in this folder:
API vs 1073
Chain: PRS Custom24 with Bare Knuckle Aftermath Pickup -> Marshall Guv'Nor -> 1978 Marshall JMP -> Bogner Uberkab, v30 mic'd with single sm57 -> Preamp -> Apogee AD16X
I compared the API 3124+ Preamp to the BAE 1073MP (on 300Ω and 1200Ω settings)...
It's certainly not a night and day difference, but it's there for sure, especially if you listen to the unprocessed guitars solo'd....There are raw wav files of the guitars as well as the mix with the backing and some compression on the 2Bus in this folder:
API vs 1073
Chain: PRS Custom24 with Bare Knuckle Aftermath Pickup -> Marshall Guv'Nor -> 1978 Marshall JMP -> Bogner Uberkab, v30 mic'd with single sm57 -> Preamp -> Apogee AD16X