In-line preamps from Tierra
In-line preamps from Tierra A decade or so ago, Cloud Microphones identified the market for a gizmo that would allow you to get a healthy level out of your vintage ribbon and moving-coil microphones. Essentially, they took the active stage from their own ribbon mics and packaged it up into a stand-alone boosting device, in the process inventing what we think must have been the first phantom-powered in-line preamp. The Cloudlifter remains an excellent device (and is now available in a range of different versions), but as tends to be the way with good ideas, other companies have come up with ...
Source: soundonsound.com