It's a tube mic pre! No, it's a solid-state mic pre! Stop, you're both right! It's the Universal Audio 710 Twin-Finity dual-path microphone preamplifier, and it's everything to everyone.

Well, for the most part it is. The 710 Twin-Finity never strays far from the silky, flattering quality with which UA mic pre's are most commonly associated, but the 710 does go a bit further. This half-rack unit features two parallel, discrete gain stages — one based on their classic tube preamps, one utilizing a transistor circuit. The two voice can be blended together with the use of a continuously variable control on the front of the unit, thus offer a near-infinite pallet of tonal variety.