TONOR Mic Preamp, XLR Microphone Pre Amp for Dynamic Microphone, Professional Mic Booster Activator Preamplifier for Podcast, Broadcast, Live Streaming, Vocal Recording, Studio Singing TA20

I've been using the Tonor Mic Preamp for my SM7B for the past three days, and I'm very impressed with it. It provides a clean and clear boost to the microphone's signal. I can get a great sound with my SM7B even when speaking at a relatively quiet conversational level.The preamp is also very well-built. It's made of solid metal and has a bright LED indicator that makes it easy to see when powered on.Overall, I'm very happy with the Tonor Mic Preamp. It's an incredible alternative for Cloudlifter and a great budget option for anyone who wants to improve the sound of their SM7B.

I have known a few people to have received some bad ones that inject noise But don’t let that discourage you from trying one. Assuming you get a good one it has smooth clean gain and really helps with some of those gain hungry mics like the SM7B or SM58 etc. I love mine so far. plug and play.

The preamp helps bring out my voice more clearly during streaming and podcast use. It helped in capturing more vocal data without excess noise compared to just using an interface alone. A great budget alternative to the Cloudlifter, and works great with a Shure SM7B.

This can add a little more depth and punch to your passive mic. Fits in line between your mic and the PA, takes up very little space, sounds pretty good.

Does the job of a Cloud Lifter. Well built. Will save you some $$$

I use this with my SM7B. It boosts the notoriously low output and didn’t add any significant noise. Great for recording or live if you are trying to balance different mic types. You do need to have phantom power as there is no separate power input.

My apologies for taking so long to review. Part of this is lack of time and the fact that I like to use items such as this in several different scenarios. Today I sat down with several other mic preamps that I have and did what I would call a side by side comparison. Now granted, I am just a vocalist/bass player, so I'm not a tech guy by any means, I have to go with what sounds right to me. I'm not going to name drop my other pre-amps, I'm just going to give an honest assessment as to how the Tonor compares in the mix. In my opinion using a basic vocal mic the Tonor comes in around the middle. In other words if this is your first pre-amp, you made a very good choice. If you are using some of the other hi end named brand pre-amps, you may not get the results you were expecting with the Tonor. I used the Tonor mounted to my mic directly into a mixing board and to me the results were somewhat tinny. I used the same setup from mixer then to an interface and the results were much improved and what I had hoped for. I used the same setup directly into an older interface with very positive results. Both mixer and interface have phantom power which will be needed to power the Tonor. Now please keep in mind depending on what interface you are using, it may already have a built in pre-amp and using the Tonor in conjunction with this may possibly cause one to cancel out the other and also may result in unwanted line noise. So as always, you want to a bit of homework before making any hardware purchase. But as for the Tonor, it's built solid with a very nice metal casing. You do have an indicator light which lets you know when you make a good connection with your phantom power source. Long story short, I will in fact continue to the Tonor in my podcast/home video recordings. And while I do like the boost from the Tonor pre-amp, I will not be using it in my home studio recording setup. Again, I think if this is your first pre-amp, I think you made a solid choice, especially if you're on a budget and just starting out building up your home studio or podcast setup. Now please keep in mind as I said in the beginning I am no tech guy, so your results may vary, I can only go by my own personal impressions using the Tonor. Thank you.

I recently got a Tonor Mic, and have been using it over the past few months. One of the issues I have noticed when using the XLR cables is how much gain I would need to use to get decent sound levels out of this mic. When I seen the Preamp I was unsure if this would help, but with more research I found out how much gain this would give me. The Audio Interface has a 48v on it, and my gain knob went from being at the 4 oclock location to the 11 oclock location now. A big difference, and I no longer need to be right on the mic to get sound out of it.Setting up the Tonor Preamp was very simple, and I was surprised by how big this is. I like that I can turn it off by turning off the 48v on my audio interface when not using it. I am very happy with the success I have already gotten out of this preamp. I do plan on upgrading my Mic to a better one, and this preamp will come in handy then as well.