Recording King Guitars: Golden Age Project Pre 73 Microphone Preamp Review

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(More customer reviews)Very happy with the Preamp... Doesn't color the signal much and gets the job done. Well built, solid. Would buy again.

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Modeled After the Neve 1073, Golden Age Offers Incredible Sound in an Affordable Package! The Pre73 provides a low cost alternative to microphone preamplification featuring a fully discrete signal path by utilizing separate transformers for the balanced mic input, the line input and the output. Similar to the circuit you would find in the Neve 1073 preamp/EQ with a remarkably similar output. The versatile sound of the Pre73 works incredibly with most sound sources and in most genres. The Golden Age Project Pre73 has a maximum gain of 80 dB on the mic input and the gain range on the Line input is -20 to + 10 dB. Golden Age Project Pre73 Features Vintage Style electronics with no integrated circuits in the signal path 80dB Max gain easily handles passive ribbon mics with quiet sound sources -20 to +10dB Gain range on the Line input Switchable 1200 or 300 Ohm impedance on the mic input Switchable phantom power and absolute phase High-impedance instrument input for connecting sound modules, electric guitar or bass A simple but effective 4-step LED output level meter The output level control offers: Fine gain adjustments Overloading the main gain stage(s) for more character Lowering the signal to a suitable level before the output stage Combo XLR/TRS input jacks and separate output XLR and TRS jacks Includes external high power power supply Golden Age Project Pre73 also offers a high-impedance instrument input making it the perfect solution for nearly any signal source whether for mics with a higher or lower sensitivity, synthesizers, sound modules or an electric guitar or bass. The input impedance of the microphone input can be switched between 300 and 1200 ohms, which m