ART TPS II 4-stars Reviews

Great piece of gear

Having valves is always nice, so having 2 channels for this price is nice. I don't find the presets so useful, but it's cool to have different options as a start point to find your sound.

Bought it 2 years ago as a mic preamp and an optional mastering effect.

It's ok for the price range, I guess...

Too much noise for my taste, maybe thats just the case with my unit, otherwise ok.

Mirrored controls on the front pannel are a bit confusing.

Would recommed it to begginers and semi pros.

ART gear is definitely budget and bedroom studio / producers friendly.

Good for the money

Good sound quality - the plethora of pre-sets are useful, but I often find myself using the settings for different applications than they're apparent intention - eg, vocal setting for a piano recording. That's always the case I find.

I don't like the mirror set up on each channel - that did take me a while to programme into myself. I also wish it had a balanced jack out for each channel.

But for the money, it adds warmth, or the subtlest drive to vocals and generally a bit of air to direct input recording. Build quality appears good, the pots and displays all feel solid and the unit itself is sturdy. A nice little addition for a home project studio.