Favorite Pre-Amp/Power Strip Plugin Emulations – Effects Forum

I’ve been setting up some track and bus FX chains starting with a pre-amp/power strip type plugin (I initially considered the stereo mix bus). For hardware units, a pre-amp is a pre-amp (mostly), but plugins often have other features. Be that as it may, which pre-amp-ish plugin do you prefer? Do you use them in the first slot of your FX chain? I have discovered some intriguing options . . .

1. Pulsar Modular P42 Climax
2. Black Box Analog Design HG-2 (1st slot of mix bus?)
3. Neold V76U73
4, NEED Pre-Amps
5. Arturia Pre (they have a few)