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AEA TRP Dual-Mono Ribbon Microphone Preamp Details
The AEA Ribbon Mic Preamplifier is an ultra high-gain and impedance, minimal-path FET mic pre designed by Fred Forssell. This low-noise two-channel preamp is for ribbon, moving coil, and tube microphones that do not use or want phantom power. This allows for improvements in minimal path circuitry and also rids the unit of phantom-power blocking capacitors. Zener diodes on the input protect the input stage if external phantom power is applied.
First stage gain is set from +6 to +63 dB by a 12 position Grayhill switch. Another 20dB of gain is available after the output level potentiometer. Polarity reversal and high pass switches on the two channels are complimented by operating and overload LED metering.
AEA TRP Dual-Mono Ribbon Microphone Preamp Specifications
AEA TRP Dual-Mono Ribbon Microphone Preamp Features
- Switched Gain and Continuous Level Controls
- Phase reverse and high-pass switches
- Anodized gray and black matte finished aluminum
- Laser engraved legends and single line schematic
- External power supply for minimum noise
AEA TRP Dual-Mono Ribbon Microphone Preamp Dimensions
AEA TRP Dual-Mono Ribbon Microphone Preamp Links
R92 Ribbon Mic Survival Kit
What We Think
We feel that once you hear it in action, you will agree with us that the AEA TRP is absolutely CRITICAL and NECESSARY for recording with ribbon microphones. It truly does everything AEA says that it will; tons of clean gain without all the noise. I've also found that the very high impedance allows ribbon mics to sound their best. Ever plugged in a ribbon mic into your ''totally awesome mic pre' and wondered what everyone was talking about when they swore up and down that a ribbon micis the way to go? The TRP evens out the frequency response and adds depth. No more flat sound with a big wooly bottom.The TRP is worth every penny for the studio using ribbon mics on all sources, but it really sines on particularly quiet and detailed sources where you don't want to raise noise levels to the point of being drowned in hiss. It's really nice to finally be able to use a preamp with a ribbon mic and not wish the preamp had more gain. Plus, the TRP sounds great with dynamic and tube microphones. In fact, you might be really surprised just how much you like it with those mics as well as with your ribbons.
Alan Moon - Front End Audio |
