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Chandler's newest series of units starts off with the GERMANIUM pre amp. A completely new design by Chandler Limited designer Wade Goeke that uses classic germanium transistors in all class A, transformer balanced, circuits. The use of germanium devices opens a whole new sound palate not found in any pro audio equipment currently manufactured.

These incredibly smooth sounding transistors were the basis of the earliest transistor designs by Neve (1053, 1055, 1057), EMI ( TG12345 MKI), Telefunken, and Fairchild. Those familiar with these units can attest to the special sound of the germanium tranasistor. The GERMANIUM series runs on +40 volt power, high current, and has a huge +34 output before clipping. The sound is warm and smooth as with many vintage style circuits, but you'll find a whole new world of smooth here as well as a sound that settles in perfectly to your tracks without fighting. Add these new circuits to Chandler's new transformer line that combines the best parts of our favorite trannies, St Ives and Gardners, into new great sounding input and output transformers.

Features

GERMANUIM DRIVE controls the input gain of the Germanium amp. The amount of gain from this is related to the Feedback control position.

PAD and THICK switches can be used to control the tone of the Pre Amp. Use Pad to run Gain and Feedback controls near full for increased low end and harmonic distortion. The thick adds a gentle low frequency rise for warmth and roundness.

FEEDBACK controls the amount of out signal fed from the amplifier output back to its input. It also acts as a volume type control this knob which affects the tone of the unit. When positioned to the left there is less volume, less Total Harmonic Distortion, lower noise floor, and more high frequencies. When positioned to the right the is more volume, more Total Harmonic Distortion, and a low end peak around 30hz. Combine this with the Germanium Drive control, thick, and pad switches for a variety of sounds.

VU Meter is a 10 segment LED meter that shows the unit output in two ranges. Low range -12 to +3 db and high range +5 to +20 db.