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Great River ME-1NV Preamp
Great River ME-1NV Preamp
  
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Product Code: 9999-01606




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  • 1 of Mogami Gold Studio Microphone Cable (15 Foot) ($49.95 value!)
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    Great River ME-1NV Details
    The Great River ME-1NV (single channel mic preamp) greatly modernizes and improves classic British design. This desktop (and rackable) preamp offers the same definitive sonic fidelity and expert craftsmanship as all Great River products, with the ability to fine-tune gain effects like 1970's-era 1073's. Transparency and vintage harmonic structure are both achieved with NV-Series preamps.

    The ME-1NV achieves new classic performance status with two discrete Class-A gain stages (the dual gain-stage meters are a Great River exclusive), a front-panel DI input jack which is routed via FET through the input transformer (also unique to Great River preamps) for must-hear-to-believe sound from all Hi-Z instruments, and a discrete high-current Class-A "big iron" transformer-coupled output amplifier. The ME-1NV is a fundamentally important audio tool that brings out the best in every microphone and instrument.

    Great River ME-1NV Features
    • Multiple In/Out connections: XLR balanced; ¼" -10dbV output for 'no-latency' DAW monitoring; high-Z input on front panel (disconnects mic input): TRS ¼ insert patch point for compressor or equalizer ahead of the output amplifier
    • Adjustable gain stages: input in 5db steps to 60db; output from -25 to +10db; maximum overall gain 70db; 2 to 3 stages of single ended solid state amplifier gain blocks, depending on gain structure; high-current 70ma Class A bias on output stage
    • Input and output meters on each channel (dual-stage metering is a Great River exclusive)
    • Front panel switches: polarity; phantom power; input impedance (1200 / 300 ohm); output loading (600 ohm resistor across output transformer)
    • High quality, custom wound Sowter transformers
    • Gold plated switching contacts
    • Internal power supply
    • 110 or 220 volt operation with external selection, either 50 or 60 Hz
    • 3 year warranty with registration
    • Half-rack-space with internal power supply
    What We Think
    "The Great River ME-1NV and MP-2NV (both the same preamp - just different model numbers for the single and dual channel designs) are quite easily the preamplifiers most referred to as 'desert island preamps' as far as new preamps (and even vintage pres in many cases) are concerned.  Based upon classic Neve designs, the ME-1NV and MP-2NV offer a 'tweaked transformer' that adds a clarity in the mid-range not found in the original Neve designs. The high frequency response is smooth and natural while the lows just go further without any sign of a level boost. Another interesting sonic feature is that the custom-wound Sowter transformer breaks up in a much more smooth fashion where it basically can do anything from clean-and-gutsy to driving-down-a-gravel-road and every point in between. These preamps offer the most features I've come across - separate Input AND Output metering, selectable input impedance between 300 ohms and 1200 ohms (for use with ribbon microphones), and an output loading switch that places a 600 ohm resistor across output transformer. Considering all of the various sonic-sculpting features that Dan Kennedy has built into these fantastic sounding preamps, it's no wonder that they are consistently among our best sellers and are one consistently some of our top recommended preamps."
    Alan Moon - Front End Audio
     

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      0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
     
    Awesome Preamp March 3, 2009
    Reviewer: Cameron Dye from Durham, NC United States  
    I own a Pacifica a Brick and a Presonus and the Great River is the one I would choose if I only had one to go to. Use the loading to add a little heft to the track. Crank the gain and lower the output for thicker and do the opposite for cleaner. This isnt going to give you the Millenia sort of clean its going to be a nice clean with a bit of character. You can run literally anything through the GR and it will be at least good but probably be as awesome as a preamp can deliver. The Great River never lets you down it always sounds nice tight and full.  Ive heard its based on a Neve 1073 preamp but with improvements. All I know is it sounds great and Ive never had any issues with it breaking down. Ive owned it for about 2 years and its still my favorite. I also like using it with a compressor using just 1 cable with the patch insert which is very nice. The only improvement would be a HP filter which to me is minimal.  A great piece of equipment.

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