Lol don't take it as so much of an insult I have tried art gear before it's pretty good for what it is. I am just saying compare it to a 3000 dollar tube pre amp and the 3k tube preamp sounds better almost every time. I have done work in these higher end studios and I have never seen art stuff in the control rooms I've been in. Not discrediting it I've seen cheap nady cue amps being used bc they are affordable, and reliable and they get the job done. Use whatever gets you to what you are looking for tonally. When you use really high end studio equipment you see and hear the difference and how much easier it is to get to what you are looking for, bUT when you are in a control room where the studio mid fields cost over 5 grand and the room design and build cost them close to a million dollars you probably will not see art gear in there.
Ohh and by the way art is not considered world class. World class would be considered some of the most sought after and most used companies in audio. Art is cheap affordable equipment that can do a decent job. Ssl, api, neve, neumann, tube tech, Manley, chandler, Fairchild, emi all of those brands are things you would see in the big studios out in the industry they are staples that have been used on almost every major record thoughout the recording industry's history.
