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Humboldt Preamp & Dakota Compressor

By Riverhorse · Vol. 26, No. 9 · July-August 2025

Jay Schreiber's Niche Devices Humboldt Preamp combines optical compression and a high-headroom preamplifier in a fully blendable parallel circuit — ToneQuest's Riverhorse puts it through its paces alongside the Dakota Compressor and finds gold, tonally and literally.

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