There are gonna be a lot more coming! :)

Thanks so much Tim! :D

Thank you so much!! :D

Thanks so much Andrew! :)

Thank you so much! That’s awesome Richard, I hope you enjoy it for a long long time. :)

Thanks so much Jason! It was really hard to send that unit back today. Gonna miss having it around!

Thank you so much!!

☺️☺️ thank you!! :)

Thank you so much!! :D

Thank you so much Stephen! :D

Thank you so much! :)

Thats awesome, thank you so much!

Thanks very much! The Neumann V402 has really stuck with me as a serious contender. I miss having it in the studio daily. I absolutely see the KU5A as a studio mic. Loved it on guitars and bass.

Thank you Shw!n!! :)

That’s extremely kind. Thank you! :)

Go for it! :)

Bought the 500 version, thanks for the thorough review. All handmade too that i like

I think that I would have both. The darlings RULE on guitars and vocals. But the Phoenix has the ability to thicken up and colour things effortlessly.

I really enjoy the tone of this unit. :) there are so many transformer balanced options out there to choose from.

Thank you for the kind words! :) They are two very different approaches. The Phoenix has a beautiful tone, it is flexible and would be great at the applications you asked about. I really enjoyed its DI. The Neumann is really clean and transparent, so it really pushes your mic placement and mic choice. I really enjoyed using it with ribbon mics and valve microphones. The Neumann will really highlight what ever is feeding it. I hope that helps!

Hi Musa! Yes, I’m looking to review both of those in the future. I have used the Rupert Neve 5211 before, and it is a rather special little beast.

@@alecbrits thanks for the reply. Very much looking forward to your thoughts on the cranbourne as well. £800 difference between them makes it a tough decision

Sure thing! :) it’s on the list already.

Already done. :)

The console output used to go into the front of the Phoenix N-8. It added some solid glue and saturation as well as transparent clipping. :)

@@alecbrits awesome, thanks! What do you think of my idea of having the Phoenix N8 sit in between the DAW line outs and my SSL Six which I use for summing? Then i have clean to saturation options on 8 separate channels rather than just on the final mix buss... Almost like turning the SSL into a transformer based console when desired

I was thinking about doing the same for my console, but after some shooting out, the stereo Buss option was a little easier for me. That is also taking into account that I use the DI as an actual DI more than a Buss saturation unit. I’m not too familiar with the SSL six, so I’m not too sure what the combination would sound like.

Thanks so much Drake! I’ve not had a chance to try the Lauten mics yet, so I can’t honestly tell you.

The Neve-r ending questions we always ask!

It’s quite a different tone to the Neve stuff, but it’s a really great choice for an all-rounder in the studio! :) I’m surprised more people don’t talk about them too!

I’ll be doing a mix workflow video next year. :) but the short of it is, it allows me to push into the console a little harder and back off the inputs of the Nice-DI. That allows me to not clip my converters, while also getting a little harmonic thickening from the Phoenix Output transformers. It’s not on every mix, but if I’m needing punch/character then this helps a lot to give the Audient console a little more girth. :) hope this helps.

I have not yet tried it.

Sure thing!

That’s a great question, I have absolutely no idea. The previous owner painted the outside of the piano before I got to see it! :)

Agreed. :) would be a lovely drum buss insert.

@@alecbrits I spoke too soon! Went over to the Phoenix KZfaq channel and they had several examples there

Hmmmm, that sounds like a really fun video. I’m a massive Beyer fan, will see what I can do to make that happen.

Sure thing! I think an X16 review would be fun. Every video of mine with the exception of the Neve 1073 OPX is recorded through the X16’s.

@@alecbrits also a fun video might be a gear rundown or a high end adda with 32 channels of db25 channels

Thank you so much Zane! :) I depends, if I could have a console full of mic pre’s it would be something from API. If I could only ever have one mic pre, it would be the Neumann V402.

Thanks so much!

Thank you! :) I’m from South Africa.

cool . Can you give me some tip on studio gear ? Do you think Apogee Rosetta 200 will sound better than Universal audio 8 firewire ? the converters..Thank bro

@@deyanangelovangelov7471 I’m not too sure on those two units. What I will say is that modern converters really do sound pretty great across the board. A modern 8 channel interface will also allow you to not be left behind by newer operating systems and DAW upgrades, some of the older units are starting to loose support from the manufacturers.

@@alecbrits I see . It makes sense yes . How is your studio setup up ? You use the Audient mixer i think i sow and the rest .. ? Audio interface ..converters .. and what you have conected on the mix bus ? Thanks