Great info as always, Oliver. Where would you put the V77 in that comparison? The V77 is like the V78 a slightly modified V72, but the input x-former is 1 to 40 and even a disk type design it has a different sound on its own. The power x-former is also different than the V72, but more for reasons of better S/N ratio. Historically speaking V77 were only used as buffer in output channels (final two tracks) in Siemens/Telefunken consoles, and in Mastering application before you drove a Neumann lathe. The sonic resolution is more detailed if you mix down complex signals, mostly depending on the fact of the x-former. So the sound is somehow V72 like but with different mid range. If used as mic pre it sounds quite nice, but you can overdrive it quite easy due to the high self gain, so not to many people use it and not to many were built. Best regards, Oliver

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