Choosing a Mic preamp

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Losethehorizonagain
Mar 25, 2011
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Hi all,

I'm thinking about buying a dedicated mic preamp as the one's in my M-Audio projectmix are ok but not the best. It's really for vocals and my guitar DI's so I can get the best quality at the start. Being a bedroom recorder I'm not very good with gear or electronics or what so how do you tell if a preamp is any good or not?

Is there some sort of specifications that you can look at that give an indication of quality or is it just 'try then buy'?

Thanks any info will help!