Preamp Test: Crane Song Spider, Digi003 , Octopre LE

[crillemannen]

Hi there,

Did another shootout between my different preamps and i thought it may interest some of you out there.

All the preamps used their self as master clock, and of course that effected the sound.

I also heard that the Crane Song (gain 30db on preamp) clip isn't as loud as the others so import to DAW to set the levels.

The record chain is this: Gibson Les paul --> Radial DI --> DAW --> X-amp --> 6505 --> Mesa Rectifier 2x12 --> Sm57 --> Back to DAW.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12967127/Preamp test.rar

/ Cheers Christian

 

[::XeS::]

They are very very close.
The only difference I found is in the palm mute section. The CraneSong wins there, followed by the Octopre and the OO3 (the less tight).
Apart this section, they sound very similar...probably it can be the playing..don't know. I remember your other preamp test and in that case the Cranesong supremacy was more clear

 

[crillemannen]

Yeah, listen to the lowend, that is where the Crane Song shines. It is so much tighter then the other two.

Im gonna buy a little labs redcloud soon, then i will be able to hit the preamps much harder, see if it is bigger difference then.

 

[jipchen]

Thanks for the shootout. Can't listen now, but I will do so later. Your latest shootout was very interesting and the difference was quite obivous, I'm curious about the new test.