OT: How are they doing this?

[LICORNE]

I fail to see how you can compare an analog board to a recorder? You have to consider the whole chain. As stated clearly don't care if you use an analog board. people whose work is just as good as yours don't. It's way past time to end this, you are getting seriously boring. Use whatever you want, take the discussion to a recording group. I REALLY don't think anybody here is gonna buy a Neve. There is simply no reason to continue but your own needs.

I did find it amusing you used a digital copy relayed digitally across the internet then converted back to analog to show how much better analog was.

It has to do with Mic Preamps quality . They are all analogue with the AD converter just after them wether built in or in a mixer. For example the Gramys chose a ..... 112 chanells of Preamp AD to feed directly digitally into their digital mixer.

It is a very precise Preamp AD but lacks the colour of a Rupert Neve Preamp strip.