[XYZ]

Brandon,

Thanks for the input, good point, the actual portion of the MOTU pre is significantly less than 70 bucks because of the other stuff in there.

Hopefully, this will show people that getting one of these more expensive preamps won't "Make a huge difference" as is often reported in magazines and forums. I certainly would pick the GR over the MOTU for most tasks [and do], but is it a "Must have" that will "open up your sound" etc? Well people can use this to see for themselves. I'm with you, they are not huge differences.

It is also interesting that everyone that listens to this has a similar opinion to yours, even people who I would estimate have far far less of a "golden" trained ear as yours.

They have similar comments too--They all sound about the same, but I would definitely take "that" one.

Also, as you indicated, like pizza is to guys, they are all variations of good; any would work well.

I'm not sure I'm understanding what you mean by sending all these through the Grace again, would that not simply put a second imprint of the Grace fingerprint on them, even as small as it is?

For me the trouble is that I wind up liking the 610 for Bass and BG vocals, and the GR for Guitar, Lead vocals, and sometimes for a Mix; the Grace for acoustic. So comparing an isolated vocal is a bit stilted. However, I had the tracks, so I hope this helps, and will at least give people an idea of what to expect if they get one of these pres.

Maybe the next experiment can be to do guitars...

Regards,
XYZ