Golden Age Project Pre573 MKII Plus 500 Series rack format 1073 style mic pre Ca

Description: We are an authorized Golden Age Project dealer located between Chicago and Milwaukee. We are a Pro Audio Dealer as well as a four control room Neve & SSL equipped commercial recording studio with several engineers that have from five to twenty five years of experience in the industry. So who better to trust with your equipment purchases than guys who are tracking, mixing and using the gear on a daily basis. The key to Golden Age Project gear is the philosophy that a Class-A all discrete component design will sound better than a design loaded with IC chips and we whole heartedly agree. We are constantly searching for gear that has a unique character that it imparts on the audio that you pass through it and Golden Age does just that without tearing a hole in your pockets. This Pre-573 mkII Plus mic pre is designed to be racked in a 500 series rack that supplies power and I/O connections and can be used in conjunction with the EQ573 to provide a costeffective version of a Neve 1073 mic pre/EQ module costing much more. The Plus version id outfitted with the superior Carnhill Transformers for that really vintage Neve sound. We ship our orders out quickly, and provide experienced advice and great service should you have any problems. Thank you for looking at our auction. Here is the info from the man who designs these great units at a very cost effective price point.The circuit still uses the preamp and output section from the classic 1073-module, adapted to work in the api rack format. It has a total gain range from -10 to +80 dB. The 20 ? 70 dB range is handled by a turn switch and there is a separate toggle switch to select an additional 5 or 10 dB gain. The input can be configured to accept line level signals by another switch, the gain is then lowered by about 30 dB and the input impedance increased to about 10 kohm.The input impedance of the mic input mode can be switched between 1200 and 300 ohm. Phantom power and phase reverse is also selectable by front panel switches.An added feature, using the same circuit as in the PRE-73 DLX, is the active DI-input with a high input impedance of about 1,5 Mohm. The output signal from the active DI circuit passes through the input transformer for some extra character.The DI-input is very flexible since it can be changed to a purely passive one by a front panel switch. The DI input is then exactly the same as in the PRE-73 MKIII where the signal is feed directly into the second gain stage, bypassing the transformer and with an input impedance of about 100 kohm.These two DI-options makes it possible to get different tones from electric instruments and the passive DI input mode is more suited for injecting active units like sound modules.A new feature is the switchable AIR mode that adds a boost above 10 kHz that peaks at 6 dB around 30 kHz.The MKII Plus version has two position high pass filter as an added feature as well as the superior Carnhill Transformers for that close to the real thing sound.A simple but effective signal and overload indicator is offered by a single LED that starts glowing red at about +4 dBu and then increases its intensity up to the maximum output level.The PRE-573 MKII Plus has a dedicated insert connector at the back allowing it to interface with other GAP 500 modules. The insert can be activated by removing a jumper connector at the back of the module.The EQ-573 consists of the inductor based high pass filter section and the 3-band eq section from the classic 1073 module with some added frequencies. These two modules together will offer a fully fledged 1073-module in a compact format at a very low cost.There is a second jumper at the back of the module that selects 600 ohm termination on the output. The standard mode is termination on, since it gives the flattest response when the PRE-573MKIII is used with modern line inputs that typically has an input impedance of 10 kohm or more. The user can chose to remove the jumper and deactivate the termination resistor, this will increase the level above 10 kHz and create a peak in the response for an even more pronounced ?Air? effect.The output is transformer balanced and fully floating and can drive a 600 ohm load up to level of about 28 dBu.Bid with confidence. We have almost 1000 transactions with 100% positive feedback. Local pick-up welcome.We are a brick & mortar business in Wisconsin, so if your from Wisconsin and win the bid on this item, please remember to figure for Wisconsin sales tax, currently 5.5%. Free shipping with this Buy It Now purchase. Continental USA bidders only please unless you are part of the Ebay Global Shipping program. Happy bidding!

Price: 389.99 USD

Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin

End Time: 2024-02-04T23:01:01.000Z

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