At some point in our journey into music production, most of us will have wondered whether expensive gear is really worth the price tag. Is that Telefunken U-47 really necessary, when Platinum-selling albums have been recorded with a lowly SM57? Should you shell out for a Prophet-5, or a Juno-6, when the Arturia V Collection software emulations sound so damn good?
This is the question asked and answered by audio engineer and content creator Streaky in his latest video, which stacks up a $100 audio interface, the Focusrite Scarlett Solo, against a $10,000 counterpart, the Lavry Quintessence.