From Black Lion Audio
Meet the Black Lion Audio B173 mkII — the most portable 1073 British-sound around! The B173 mkII uses the same Cinemag input and output transformers as our B173 Quad for a whopping 70dB of gain, a revamped gain stage, and a lower noise floor for cleaner, lower distortion sound. A front panel D.I. delivers a harmonically rich tone to guitars, keyboards, and synthesizers, and stepped input gain and variable output attenuation allow for perfect control over transformer saturation.
Thick, classic British-sound
• Big 1073-style gain
• Cinemag input and output transformers
• Variable output attenuation for control over transformer saturation
• Front panel D.I.
• Stepped input gain
• 48V phantom power and phase inverse controls
• Convenient half-rack sizing for mixing-and-matching
- Noise Floor
- 105dBu
- Dynamic range
- 112dBu
- Gain Range
- Mic +12dB to +80dB, DI -inf to +24dB
- DI input impedance
- 1 Megohm
- Mic input impedance
- 150 ohms
- Mic at minimum gain
- .2% THD+N
- Mic at 50dB of gain
- .16% THD+N
- DI at unity
- .02% THD+N
- Shipping Weight
- 5 lbs
- Shipping Dimensions
- 13 x 10 x 4 in
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Returns
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