Recently we asked our Facebook community to share with us “Engineer or Mixer, One Question - What Question Would Ask?”. One response was “Which hardware mic preamp has the best value for money in a home studio?” In this article, we bring together the microphone preamp tests and reviews that we have produced over the years.

However, you record audio you are not likely to get far without a microphone to capture the sound of whatever it is you are recording, if you need a microphone you are definitely going to need a microphone preamp, whether it is included in your interface or a standalone piece of hardware.

There are many different types of preamps, some with character, others designed to be neutral.

A lot of people ask us to comment or compare the sound and features of various microphone preamps. With our reviews, we give you the chance to see and hear what they can do before you consider buying them.

To help, we have consolidated 30 of our most recent microphone preamp reviews in this article to enable you to see the differences between them and see how they could fit into your workflow. If you are considering a new microphone preamp, for your studio then check out these reviews...