Warm Audio WA273-EQ

Pros:
Looks and sounds a lot like a Neve 1073!
warm and punchy with plenty of character, the eq is superb!
If anything a little tighter in the bass than the neve version
and brilliant as a di for bass!

Cons:
some of the controls are a bit stiffer than others on first use
but with regular use things become more normal so there is sort of a breaking in period, the switches do feel a little lighter than on the ams variety and the led's are a bit cheap looking but those are minor gripes and nothing that affects the sound in use or caused any issues in well over a year of regular studio use so far,
it does it's job and does it well

overall:
sonically top notch, generally well built and the eq is very musical,
the pre by itself sounds solid and punchy
but the eq makes it really shine,

It seems warm put the bulk of the money into the signal path and eq section of this and you can tell because it sounds as good as it looks,
overall a solid alternative to the ams variety of 1073 mic pre :)

Using this on nearly everything. Shines on ribbon mics, but the DI getting fed back through the mic pre is really smart and adds great air and colour to synths and drum machines.

Beautiful, familiar 1073 layout and colour and the build seems very high standard, but one of the EQ knobs is a little stiffer than the rest.

Highly recommended, having also tried the other similar clones. Particularly impressive at this price point.

This is a wonderful emulation of a Neve-style preamp and EQ, and with two channels you can use it for stereo applications. The preamp carries some heft and the EQ is none too shy, great for sculping your sound on the way in. I bought a second unit for 4 channels in all, I'm very happy with the results I'm getting.
There was a problem with one of the inital units delivered to me, but Thomann took it back and sent me a replacement just a little while later. So I am indeed a happy customer, and I recommend Thomann's friendly service to anyone who asks.