steve-soar Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Tonight I've been playing around with my gear. I seem to always use my Ampeg SVPII, into my QSC PLX 3102, which is great. But tonight I swapped back to my Aguilar pre and the difference has stunned me. The sound seemed to be three dimensional, air, heft and projection. This was going into a Tech Soundsystems 6x10". I would urge anyone with a chance of buying the DB680 to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentode Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Absolutely, IMO there's no finer preamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 (edited) Been lucky enough to get my hands on one recently. I find myself running it into my wee fender combo at home, via a wee mixer for silent practice and at every possible gig/rehearsal I can Looking forward to trying it out with a mic as a recording pre for acoustic and vox soon too...well DB from Aguilar did describe it as a Neve for bass right? Edited May 3, 2016 by krispn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GremlinAndy Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 (edited) Nice! Glad to hear of your re-discovery Steve! I think I need to re-discover mine too. Edited May 1, 2016 by GremlinAndy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Man Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Funnily enough I've just rediscovered mine, its a lovely bit of kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorbass Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 [quote name='GremlinAndy' timestamp='1462127116' post='3040492'] Nice! Glad to hear of your re-discovery Steve! I think I need to re-discover mine too. [/quote] Think I need to re-buy mine...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentode Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 S'funny to see all the Aggie DB680 names appearing together again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjonnie Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 From all the preamps I've had over the years only the Aguilar DB680 and Aguilar DB659 are the ones I kept. I have been using the DB659 with a QSC power amp for almost 10 years and I have never even considered another amp. Recently I used my DB 680 for rehearsals and plugged it directly in the PA, that is the only amp so far that made me reconsider my DB659. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Just thinking about this the DB 680 is what 21yrs old? I know mine looks like it just rolled out of the showroom in NYC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dixon Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 I see there is one for sale at Bass Direct, for £850.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dixon Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 [quote name='krispn' timestamp='1463062612' post='3048219'] Just thinking about this the DB 680 is what 21yrs old? I know mine looks like it just rolled out of the showroom in NYC! [/quote] And I'm not jealous, bring it over (I live in Edinburgh) and we can compare it with my Jules Monique and Heritage Audio Channel Strip.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) I'd love to hear a good 1073 pre.....and a Monique!! Looks like the one on BD is a very early serial number. I believe the very early ones had 4 valves rather than 5! Edited May 17, 2016 by krispn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alzamatt Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Ever tried the difference between thunderfunk and the db680 ?thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 The DB680 is a fantastic preamp. It seems such a shame that I haven't been using mime recently (I've been using my lightweight rig on gigs since my back got tweaked). I think I'll have mine up for sale here soon? [URL=http://s7.photobucket.com/user/kevin_lindsay/media/35b87b57_1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/35b87b57_1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GremlinAndy Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 (edited) Alzamatt: I own a DB680 and a Thunderfunk. 2 Thunderfunks actually, both the 550 and 750. The 680 is the finest pre bar none (in my experience). Close second is the Warwick Hellborg pre. I actually use the TF800 (the better sounding of the TFs) live. They sound great and are a little more practical as a combo pre/power. Edited December 11, 2016 by GremlinAndy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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