I have had my eye on this preamp since the first time I got to hear about it. I even got in touch with Chandler Limited to talk about it and even though I had to save up money for some time to send for it, it finally came. This preamp is beautiful in every single way. It sounds aggressive and huge, you can keep a super clean sound or dirty it up as much as you like. For vocals, all I need to do is to plug my Neumann microphone into it, chain it to my 1176 and boom, it sounds absolutely terrific and controlled. Throw some reverb on the mix and it instantly sounds like a record. BEAUTIFUL. For my style and sound, this preamp is just what I needed. so thank you to Thomann, their great customer service and the people at Chandler for blessing my studio with this guy. 5/5 stars!!!