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Maag Audio PreQ2-500 - 500 series Mic Preamp  From Maag

A clean and full bodied single channel mic preamp featuring Maag's famous AIR BAND®. 

Maag Audio

$1,095.00

Retail:  $1,195.00

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Introducing the Mäag Audio PREQ2 Dual Mic Preamp with EQ

The Maag Audio PREQ2™, Two World Class mic preamps with buffered Pass Thru, and level match technologies, set the stage for reamplification, and elevating your craft beyond 11! Mäag Audio’s newest creation is the PREQ2 Dual Mic Preamp with EQ, a complete analog system for either recording or mixing housed in a 1U standalone unit. It comes with Cliff Mäag’s venerable Air Band® shelving equalizer first introduced in 1993 with his NTI EQ3 equalizer. The PREQ2 will handle either line or microphone signal levels with two matched channels both with separate rear panel line level input and microphone XLR connectors and switchable +48-volt phantom powering. The rear panel also has XLR output connectors for each channel and a on/off/fuse mains switch. All switches on the PREQ2 have colorful LEDs to confirm their operation and all controls have detents with the exception of the continuously variable microphone gain.

Manufacturer's Description from Maag

THE MÄAG AUDIO PREQ2-500 IS A SINGLE CHANNEL, 500-SERIES VERSION MIC PREAMP WITH THE SAME CIRCUIT TOPOLOGY AND SOUND AS OUR TOP-OF-THE LINE MÄAG AUDIO PREQ2™ DUAL-CHANNEL STRIP WITH AIR BAND®.

THE PREQ2-500 HAS A TOTAL OF 71DB OF CLASS-A GAIN THAT STARTS WITH THE SAME MÄAG AUDIO-BUILT NICKEL-CORE INPUT TRANSFORMER AS THE 1U DUAL CHANNEL PREQ2. JUST LIKE THE PREQ2 DUAL CHANNEL STRIP, IT INCLUDES A FRONT PANEL ¼-INCH (1-MEG-OHM) INSTRUMENT INPUT JACK THAT WHEN USED, AUTOMATICALLY ROUTES ITS SIGNAL TO THE INPUT TRANSFORMER AND ALSO DISCONNECTS THE 48-VOLT PHANTOM POWER IF ALREADY TURNED ON.

THE FRONT PANEL CONTINUES WITH A ¼-INCH THRU/OUTPUT JACK THAT PROVIDES AN UNBALANCED, ISOLATED AND BOOSTED “DUPLICATE” OF EITHER THE LOW IMPEDANCE MICROPHONE OR THE INSTRUMENT INPUTS. THE THRU/OUTPUT SIGNAL IS CAPABLE OF DRIVING A LONG LINE OUT TO GUITAR AMPS IN THE STUDIO AND/OR EFFECTS PEDALS EFFECTIVELY AND WITHOUT QUALITY LOSS. GREAT FOR CREATING UNIQUE EFFECTS, YOU MAY “RE-AMP” AND EXTERNALLY PROCESS EITHER THE LOW IMPEDANCE MICROPHONE INPUT SIGNAL OR ANY INSTRUMENT DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE PREQ2’S FRONT PANEL ¼-INCH INPUT JACK.

THE PREQ2-500 HAS AN EQUIVALENT INPUT NOISE (EIN) LEVEL OF -128DBU, +25DBU OF HEADROOM, PLUS THE ACCLAIMED AIR BAND® EQ WITH UP TO 9DB OF BOOST AT YOUR CHOICE OF 2.5, 5, 10, 20 AND 40-KHZ FREQUENCIES.

MICROPHONE GAIN IS CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE USING A SINGLE, LARGE CONTROL KNOB THAT IS SWITCHABLE BETWEEN TWO GAIN RANGES OF EITHER +20DB TO +42DB FOR MOST RECORDINGS OR +42DB TO +71DB USING THE +25DB BOOST BUTTON. THIS HIGHER MICROPHONE GAIN IS NOISE-FREE AND PERFECT FOR VERY QUIET SOURCES LIKE FOLEY/SOUND EFFECTS OR LOW OUTPUT, OLD VINTAGE MICS.

THE COMPACT FRONT PANEL FINISHES WITH PUSH-BUTTON SWITCHES FOR +48-VOLT PHANTOM POWER ON/OFF, -20DB ATTENUATION PAD, A 70HZ, 2ND ORDER 12DB/OCT HIGH PASS FILTER, PHASE OR POLARITY REVERSE, AND AIR BAND® EQ ON/OFF.

FEATURES:

  • CONVENIENT FRONT PANEL ¼-INCH INSTRUMENT INPUT AND INSTRUMENT/MICROPHONE THRU OUTPUT
  • DISCRETE CLASS-A TRANSFORMER-COUPLED PREAMP WITH REAMPLIFICATION CAPABILITIES
  • 71DB OF GAIN AVAILABLE, MAKING IT OPTIMAL FOR MULTIPLE INSTRUMENTS AND RIBBON MICS

 

Maag Audio

About Manufacturer

Mäag Audio was founded by Cliff Maag, who has been a recording engineer for over 35 years with a strong passion for high quality sound. Cliff is an inventor of the acclaimed NTI EQ3 and the Nightpro PreQ3 & EQ3D. He was also the President of Research and Development during the early years of NTI and Nightpro. The AIR BAND® is still known to this day as an unsurpassed element of the original NTI and Nightpro gear. Now available in the new EQ4® and PREQ4® 500 Series gear from Maag Audio.

Specifications

  • MAX GAIN 71DB
  • NOISE LEVEL AT THE LOWEST GAIN SETTING IS -100DB. EIN IS -128DB
  • THE MICROPHONE TRANSFORMER FEEDS A DIFFERENTIAL SET OF FRONT-END CLASS A DISCRETE TRANSISTORS PAIRED WITH A FET INPUT OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER
  • HIGH AND LOW GAIN PUSH BUTTON SWITCH. LOW RANGE: +20DB TO +42DB. HIGH RANGE (GAIN +25 SWITCH WITH GREEN LED): +42DB TO +71DB. SWITCHABLE -20DB PAD
  • +48-VOLT PHANTOM POWER, SWITCHABLE, WITH RED LED. PHASE REVERSAL SWITCH: SWITCHES THE PHASE OF THE BALANCED OUTPUT
  • GREEN SIGNAL PRESENT LED, RED PEAK LED LIGHTS AT +25DBU

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