The AnaMod Realios 9031 is a Dick Swettenham's three transistor microphone preamp design is truly a thing of beauty. The sound of these types of microphone preamps is legendary. You've heard it on records made at Olympic studios in the 60s and 70s. It's now available again in a 500 series format package.
This version features a class-A transistor output stage which will drive the most demanding of loads. This feature is most welcome since the original Olympic microphone preamps were integral parts of their respective mixing desks and never meant to be connected directly to an output. Other additions include: finer gain steps (5 dB), a high-impedance FET DI, phase reverse switch, and switchable phantom power.
AnaMod Realios 9031's features
Switch for phantom power
20 dB pad
Phase reverse switch
High-Impedance DI
AnaMod Realios 9031's specifications
Microphone Input Impedance: 1.2K ohms, balanced
DI Input Impedance: > 3.3 M ohms
Output Impedance: less than 50 ohms
Max. Output Level: +32dBu, transformer balanced
Gain: 20 to 70 dB in 5 dB steps
Frequency Response: +/- 1 dB from 7Hz to 25kHz
Noise Level: better than 74dB below +4dBu, 0-30kHz
Studio Economik New 500 series preamp from Geoffrey Daking featuring vintage Trident A Range tone, Jensen input transformer and Class A circuitry. The variable high pass filter is indispensable for tracking sessions!
