Golden Age Audio has upgraded their Pre-73 to mkIV status.
The mkIV claims to bring back the warm, punchy, and sweet sound of classic British consoles, adding tone and color to microphone favorites or keeping things clean while also doubling as a line-level preamp and DI (Direct Inject) box for electric guitar and bass.
Golden Age Audio Pre-73 mkIV
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Vintage Color and Punch
As a versatile, colourful, and affordable British-style mic preamp and DI box, Golden Age Audio’s Pre-73 mkIV allows its users to achieve vintage color and punch by cranking up the GAIN knob without fear; after all, a dedicated OUTPUT control allows attenuation of the signal, so it is perfectly possible to drive the preamp without overloading any associated audio interface inputs. It is also possible to engage the -14dB OUTPUT PAD for even more control of hot signals, or keep things clean and transparent by backing off on the GAIN and turning up the OUTPUT.
Further tone-sculpting capabilities come courtesy of the selectable LOW-Z low- pass filter to eliminate unwanted low-end rumble at the source, and/or using the selectable — 3dB/6dB — AIR EQ to add some shimmer and presence to the top-end. Toggle between 1200? or 300? resistance using the LOW-Z to hear how connected mics react.
Connecting condenser and dynamic microphones is not a problem, thanks to Pre-73 mkIV’s switchable +48V mic input, while its 80 db of GAIN make it ideal for use with sensitive ribbon microphones on delicate sound sources. Sensibly, LINE- and instrument-level inputs allow for further connection to almost any audio source, and a rear panel-positioned INSERT jack is provided for using external processors like EQs and compressors. Choosing from TRS or XLR OUT (output) options is provided.
