Delamar.de Reviews the VTRC: 5 out of 5
- 25.01.2016
- Michael Krusch
- Review
- VTRC
New review of the VTRC by online magazine Delamar.
Find the complete test here: http://www.delamar.de/test/tegeler-audio-manufaktur-vtrc-testberichtWhat Delamar Writes About the VTRC
Felix Baarß reviewed the VTRC for the German site Delamar and gives it the top rating:
"The three triode tubes provide a beautiful saturation by enriching the signal with odd-order harmonics." – Felix Baarß, Delamar, January 2016 (translated)
"The musical quality and naturalness with which you can refine the sound of any signal is hardly to be found a second time in this price range." – Felix Baarß, Delamar, January 2016 (translated)
"All in all, the sound is simply great." – Felix Baarß, Delamar, January 2016 (translated)
The verdict: five out of five points – with explicit reference to the price-performance ratio.
What the Vari Tube Recording Channel Is
The Vari Tube Recording Channel (VTRC) is our tube channel strip: microphone preamp, passive equalizer and compressor in one 3U unit. The preamp – with input transformer, true 48 V phantom power and a high-impedance instrument input – can be shifted in character from clean and direct to fat and vintage via the gain control. The passive Pultec-style EQ offers a low-cut (80/160 Hz), a low-mid boost, a mid cut and a high boost up to 24 kHz. The two compressors – an opto compressor with a light-sensitive resistor and a vari-tube compressor built on the vari-mu principle – can be used individually or together; the order of EQ and compressor is switchable, the EQ can be placed in the compressor's side chain, and a line input with its own transformer lets you process already recorded tracks after the fact. Two VTRCs can be linked for stereo. More reviews: Amazona.de (V2, 2015), Amazona.de (V1, 2012).
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Related: Sound On Sound: VTRC Review (Valve Channel Strip) · MusicRadar Reviews the VTRC: "Fat and Warm" · Lauren Passarelli Interview: Berklee and the VTRC
