Just magical and makes everything sound great. Used it a lot for drums and vocals.
But I haven't used it in a while and it's just been sitting in the box on a shelf in my studio. Time to let it go. There are some minor scratches and cosmetic flaws. Most notable is the lower right rack mount hole, which is banged up and bent a little.
Still mounts just fine though. Since I haven't plugged it in in a long while, I got the unit out this morning and tested all four channels on the solid state and tube settings. The signals were good everywhere I tested, on all four channels, dialed both to tube and solid state settings. It might need new tubes soon.
I used it more often in the solid state setting. On some channels, last time I tracked with it a couple years ago, I wasn't getting a good signal when I dialed it all the way to the tube side.My feeling is, I do think the tubes are getting older and it might be good to replace them in the near future. So you should be aware of that possibility. But the unit will work well for you right out of the box, and replacing the tubes would be an optional thing to do now or down the road at some point. And, again, I haven't used it much in the past two or three years.
I believe it should give years of happy sonic life to its next owner. I wish I didn't need to sell it. To me, this is the best value there is in high-end multi-channel mic pre's. Four TEC Award-winning 710 Twin-Finity microphone/line preamps, each featuring.Dual-path 285-volt Class-A tube and transimpedance solid-state preamps. Phase-aligned tone-blending of tube and solid state circuits, creamy to crunchy. Newly designed 1176-style compression circuit per preamp channel. JFET Direct Input with 2.2M ultra Hi-Z impedance w/auto input override. Large backlit VU meters for flexible metering of input drive, gain level, and gain reduction.
75 Hz low cut filter. Eight channels of high quality 24-bit A/D conversion. Selectable sample rates up to 192 kHz.
Digital output via dual ADAT optical and AES/EBU DB-25 connectors. 8-channel soft limiter (switchable for all channels). LED metering array with clip/hold indicators. 75 BNC work clock I/O. Digital outputs anti-pop protection on power-up.Universal voltage internal power supply. Heavy-duty metal construction, two-space rack unit. By merging the best of UAs classic analog design with smart modern features and workflow enhancements, the 4-710d is the most flexible microphone preamp in the UA lineup. Featuring four high-end mic/line preamps with a unique tube/solid-state tone blending circuit, as well as classic 1176-style compression on each mic channel, the 4-710d also offers tons of digital I/O to expand your setup.
The item "Universal Audio 4-710d 4-Channel Tone Blending Mic Preamp with Dynamics" is in sale since Tuesday, February 20, 2018. This item is in the category "Musical Instruments & Gear\Pro Audio Equipment\Preamps & Channel Strips". The seller is "hardennc" and is located in Nashville, Tennessee. This item can be shipped to United States.