Its money to be made and thats what these musicians friend and guitar center stores are doing making you pay for more than what you need, If i got the Avalon mic pre (which is like studio standard, top of the line) why would go and buy the Avalon 2 for 3 or 4 g's, just because it came out, (which it didnt) If you're good at working with what you got, why would you go and pay who knows how much on other stuff, if you didnt really need it in the past why do you need it now.
