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Golden Age Project PREQ-73 PREMIER 1-Channel Vintage Style Microphone Preamplifier, 3-Band EQ
SKU: GAPREQ73PRER MFR: PREQ73PREMIER
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Key Features
- Get pristine sound with this vintage-style microphone preamp, ideal for vocals!
- Shape your tone using the PREQ-73 Premier's versatile 3-band EQ for studio magic.
- Enjoy flexible connectivity with XLR and TRS jacks on this Golden Age Project preamp.
- Achieve up to 80dB of gain, perfect for dynamic mics needing a strong, clean boost.
- Selectable impedance ensures optimal mic matching, enhancing your recording quality.
- Craft warm recordings using high-quality capacitors in the PREQ-73's signal path.
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About Golden Age Project PREQ-73 PREMIER
Why settle for less when you can experience the rich, warm, and punchy sound quality of the PREQ-73 PREMIER 1-Channel Vintage Style Microphone Preamplifier This high-performance audio equipment, complete with a 3-Band EQ, is designed to elevate your audio recording and playback experience.
The PREQ-73 PREMIER is not just a microphone preamplifier; it's a versatile tool that can also function as a line and instrument preamplifier. It's equipped with a three-band equalizer featuring an inductor-based midrange, providing smooth and effective sound shaping capabilities.
What sets this preamplifier apart is its unique construction. The signal path exclusively uses discrete components such as resistors, capacitors, and transistors, harking back to the golden age of audio components before the advent of integrated circuits.
The microphone and line input, along with the line output, are transformer balanced. This is achieved using three distinct transformers, each one meticulously optimized for its specific purpose. This careful design ensures a clean, balanced sound output that's free from unwanted noise and distortion.
The PREQ-73 PREMIER's circuitry is reminiscent of the preamp and equalizer section found in the iconic 1073 module. This similarity results in a sound character that's not only warm and punchy but also sweet and musical. This classic sound has graced countless recordings over the years and is versatile enough to enhance any sound source and fit into any genre.
Now, the essence of this timeless sound is available at an accessible price point, making the PREQ-73 PREMIER 1-Channel Vintage Style Microphone Preamplifier a must-have for audio enthusiasts and professionals alike. Experience the difference today with the PREQ-73 PREMIER.
Golden Age Project PREQ-73 PREMIER Features
- Vintage Style electronics. No integrated circuits in the signal path
- Maximum gain in mic mode is 80 dB, enough to handle passive ribbon mics with quiet sound sources
- Classic 23-position Gain/Line switch with 5 dB steps and a gain range of 20 to 80 dB for mic and -10 to +20 dB for line
- A two band LF (+/-15 dB) and HF (+/-20 dB) shelving equalizer with two selectable frequencies for each band
- Inductor based +/- 15 dB midrange equalizer section with three selectable frequencies. The lowest one is selectable between 350 and 700 Hz
- Switchable impedance in mic mode, 1200 or 300 Ohm, will change the tone of most mics. The input impedance in line mode is 10 kOhm
- Switchable phantom power and absolute phase
- A high-impedance instrument input for any sound module, electric guitar or bass
- A simple but effective 4-step LED output level meter
- The output level control makes it possible to make fine gain adjustments and also to overload the main gain stage(s) for more character
- Separate Combo XLR/TRS jack for the mic and line input and separate output XLR and TRS jacks for flexible connections
- Selectable 600 Ohm output termination
- Classic style knobs and buttons
- Prepared for mounting one to two units in the UNITE PREMIER rack kit. it can also be mounted in one of the other UNITE rack kits and combined with-the red and black Golden Age Project products
- Connector free internal wiring, all connections except the ones to the gain switch -are soldered for the purest signal and most long-term stable signal path
- UK made Carnhill microphone input and line output transformers
- The pcb is prepared for the Carnhill 9046M line input transformer
- Polystyrene capacitors in the amplifier circuits
- Tantalum capacitors in the signal path
- Beefed up power supply
- Sturdy toggle switches with gold plated contacts
- External power supply to avoid interaction with the audio circuits and transformers
- A solid build quality that will last many years of normal use