Harry Porter
LOL
Here is part of the PM I received:
"Concerning your list (as I studied and studied before making my purchases).
- The Great River I think has a similar circuit to the Mic pre, which is great but can be a little teethy/edgy. Especially when boosting top end. I've heard it before in samples of the eq. It must be in their transformer or something.....anyway I lost interest in it.
- The Ibis I have heard from many respected MEs that the high end is just not that good. You could ask Dave Collins about that.
Apparently it will do fine with maybe 1 db of boost, but then get edgy after that.
- All of the Avalon gear I've heard is too pillowy, which would drive you crazy for mastering.
Nothing worser for me than losing all the transients you've worked so hard to maintain just by putting a soft sounding eq in your chain.
-Some people like the TF Pro piece, some people hate it. I had the stereo comp for a while, it had a nice action but the sound of the box itself was very cheap."