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A-Designs
The Pacifica is a dual channel mic pre of solid-state design, with custom input and output transformers. There is also a Hi Z ¼ inch input for direct inject. The MP-2A is a true tube-in, tube-out stereo microphone pre-amplifier. Utilizing world class input transformers by CineMag and custom designed output transformers for the lowest noise level and highest quality sound, the MP-2A brings the warmth and richness of analog to your recordings while maintaining a crystal clear spectrum of sound.Website: A-Designs -
AEA (Audio Engineering Associates)
Wes Dooley has long been known for his expertise with ribbon mics. Now his company offers the TRP (the ribbon mic pre), an ultra high-gain and impedance, minimal-path FET mic pre designed by Fred Forssell. This low-noise two-channel preamp is for ribbon, moving coil, and tube microphones that do not use or want phantom power. Website: AEA (Audio Engineering Associates) -
Aphex Systems
The Model 207D is an affordable, audiophile quality tube mic preamp that meets or exceeds the performance of preamps costing many times more. The Model 207D will reveal the subtlety and power of vintage condensers, ribbons, electrets, and popular dynamic mics. Even the world's most respected microphones will sound better. Plus, with its AES/EBU and S/PDIF digital outputs and Word Clock connection, the Model 207D offers direct digital connection throughout your signal chain, with up to 96kHz sampling rates.Website: Aphex Systems -
ART (Applied Research & Technology)
ART offers many two channel mic preamplifier choices, including the TPS II, the DPS II, the MPA Gold, and the Digital MPA with A/D conversion.Website: ART (Applied Research & Technology) -
Avalon Designs
The AD2022 is Avalon's fourth generation of fully discrete, symmetrical Pure Class A microphone preamplifiers. The dual mono AD2022 includes selectable microphone source loading for optimized cable/mic matching, improved high-voltage Class A regulated power supplies, two high Z instrument inputs, variable-passive high pass filter, teflon/silver wiring and doubled plated circuit boards for superior low level signal transfer.
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dbx
The Silver Series 386 dual channel tube mic preamp puts the best of both worlds into one affordable package by combining the warmth of the irreplaceable vacuum tube with the proprietary dbx® Type IV™ conversion system. The 386 offers +48V phantom power, a phase invert switch, and low cut filtering; but also includes digital outputs in both AES/EBU, and S/PDIF formats.Website: dbx -
Earthworks Precision Audio
The Earthworks 1022 is a two channel, ultra clean preamp with Zero Distortion Technology (less than one part per million). It boasts the lowest noise of any preamp on the market, all discrete components, and no electrolytic capacitors.Website: Earthworks Precision Audio -
Focusrite
The Focusrite Red 8 is a classic dual microphone pre-amplifier. The benefits of Focusrite’s classic pre-amp topology include superb common-mode rejection, an excellent overload margin, an extremely low noise floor and super-wide bandwidth. Mic gain is switched in 6dB steps over a 66dB range, for accurate, precise channel matching and recall. Website: Focusrite -
GML (George Massenburg Labs)
The GML 8302 is world renowned for life-like realism, high resolving power, and reference-standard transparency. Their all-discrete, bipolar transistor circuit topologies are completely transformerless with no FET's, IC's, or electrolytic capacitors in the signal path.Website: GML (George Massenburg Labs) -
Grace Design
The m201 delivers unmatched audio performance, with massive headroom, ultra-wide bandwidth and a very open, musical character. The signal path has been hot-rodded to be fully balanced from start to finish, resulting in a wider dynamic range, while new high-current output drivers enable even longer cable runs without signal loss. Website: Grace Design -
Great River
The MP-2NV (two channel mic preamp) greatly modernizes and improves classic British design. This single-rack-space pair of preamps offer the same definitive sonic fidelity and expert craftsmanship as all Great River products, with the ability to fine-tune gain effects like 1970's-era 1073's. Transparency and vintage harmonic structure are both achieved with NV-Series preamps.
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Groove Tubes
The SuPRE is a two-channel stereo microphone and instrument preamplifier that uses a high resolution tube signal path for legendary Groove Tubes tone and response. It features variable transformer impedance settings on each channel (300/600/1200 ohms), with 4 high quality Nickel core input and output transformers. The SuPRE provides a hefty 72dB of gain on each channel, using 4 specially selected GT pentode/triode dual element vacuum tubes (2xGT6922 dual triodes and 2x GT6CH8 pentode/triode tubes).
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Langevin (Manley Labs)
The Langevin dual mono mic preamp with EQ is a refined version of the historic Langevin AM-4 console channel. A developed discrete gain stage provides for balanced outputs. This brings the Langevin brand into the modern age while still retaining that desirable tone that discrete circuitry delivers. No IC’s in this unit.Website: Langevin (Manley Labs) -
M-Audio
The DMP-3 is a dual microphone/instrument preamp with XLR mic ins, 1/4” instrument ins, and balanced 1/4” outs. There is 66db of available gain and a 29hz to 80khz frequency response.Website: M-Audio -
Manley Labs
The Manley TNT 2 channel mic pre with two different and discrepant mic preamps in one box for two different colors. One channel has tubes and transformers. The second preamp is a fresh "No Tubes" design and is inspired by old British console preamps with a tasty combination of "No Tubes" design with transformers. The Manley Dual Mono Mic Pre is primarily intended for use with modern capacitor (condenser) microphones. Now, 40 to 60 dBs of gain are selectable in precise 5dB steps by varying the amount of overall negative feedback on the GAIN switch. This allows you to change the slew rate (speed), placement, and tonal balance of the sound from mellow and "tubey-er" through to faster, punchier and more aggressive.Website: Manley Labs -
Millennia
The Millenia HV-3C offers transformerless design with 23 dB input headroom, uncolored timbral accuracy at all dynamic levels, and an entirely balanced audio path with precision components maintaining signal integrity.Website: Millennia -
Presonus
The AudioBox USB is a USB bus-powered audio recording interface featuring 2 microphone/instrument inputs with 48V phantom power, 2 balanced TRS outputs, MIDI in/out along with Steinberg's Cubase LE 4 48-track recording and production software giving you everything needed to get started recording and producing your music.Website: Presonus -
Summit Audio
The Summit Audio TPA-200B Dual Tube Preamplifier combines the best of two worlds: vacuum tubes and high quality solid state. This unique combination creates an environment that yields the warmth associated with tubes without the inherent high frequency loss while providing the reliability of solid state components. The TPA-200B is designed to work in a variety of applications using three input types: microphone input, line level input, and front panel Hi-Z input.
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True Systems
The P2analog is designed to provide detailed, transparent sonic performance necessary for the most critical direct tracking and live sound applications.Website: True Systems -
Tube-Tech
The TUBE-TECH MP 1A is a combined dual Microphone Preamplifier and Direct Instrument amplifier for microphones or instruments.
The microphone inputs and outputs are balanced as well as fully floating. The inputs provide a switchable +48 V phantom power as well as a switchable -20 dB pad. Gain is adjustable in 5 dB increments from +20 dB to +70 dB.Website: Tube-Tech -
Universal Audio
The Universal Audio 2-610 is a two-channel tube microphone preamplifier based on the legendary Universal Audio 610 modular console. Unlike many vintage "style" mic pres, the 2-610 is true to the design of its predecessor. The Universal Audio 2-610 Mic Pre is the perfect tool for tracking and ideal when used in conjunction with a Universal Audio compressor such as the 1176LN and Teletronix LA-2A.Website: Universal Audio -
Vintech Audio
The Vintech 273 is a stereo set of class A, all discrete, transformer balanced microphone preamplifiers with "essential eq" on each channel. The mic pre's are based on the classic Neve 1073 module. The Vintech Dual 72 is a two channel class A, all discrete, transformer balanced microphone preamplifier. It is built with the same basic circuit design and components as the classic Neve 1272 module.Website: Vintech Audio -
D.W. Fearn
In designing the VT-2, no compromise in sonic quality, reliability, or ruggedness were permitted. Like the best tube equipment of the 1950s and '60s, the VT-2 is built on a heavy-guage aluminum chassis, utilizing point-to-point wiring. Each vacuum tube is selected for minimum noise and microphonics, and maximum sonic clarity. Website: D.W. Fearn -
Crane Song
Flamingo is a high quality 2-channel Discrete Class A Microphone Preamplifier. It can be operated as a musically transparent amplifier, and is capable of emulating vintage sounds as well as creating distinctive new ones.
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EAR (Esoteric Audio Research)
The EAR valve stereo microphone amplifier is a versatile product for use as an upgrade from standard microphone amplifiers or a level booster and line driver for use with any microphone. It offers low noise, adjustable gain and very high overload levels.Website: EAR (Esoteric Audio Research)
