The Golden Age PRE-73 Deluxe Premier Preamp is the flagship evolution of the company's celebrated 73-style microphone preamp design, delivering the rich transformer tone, musical saturation, and authoritative presence of a classic British console channel while incorporating premium components and expanded control for today's demanding recording environments.
Designed for engineers who want the ultimate version of the vintage-inspired PRE-73 platform, the Deluxe Premier offers exceptional sonic depth, flexibility, and detail for virtually any recording source. Built around a fully discrete Class-A circuit and equipped with custom UK-made Carnhill input and output transformers, the PRE-73 Deluxe Premier captures the unmistakable character that made classic transformer-coupled preamps legendary. Vocals become larger than life, drums gain punch and weight, guitars sit naturally in the mix, and bass instruments benefit from enhanced harmonic richness and depth. With up to 80 dB of gain available, the PRE-73 Deluxe Premier is equally capable of driving low-output ribbon microphones, dynamic microphones, and modern condensers with ease. The Deluxe Premier expands upon the traditional 73-style workflow with stepped gain controls, an independent output level control for precise transformer saturation, selectable microphone impedance, switchable high-pass filtering, phantom power, polarity reverse, and a versatile front-panel instrument input. Premium-grade components throughout the signal path ensure outstanding reliability, lower noise, and exceptional sonic performance, making the PRE-73 Deluxe Premier an ideal centerpiece for professional recording studios seeking authentic analog character with modern functionality.
Golden Age PRE-73 Deluxe Premier Preamp Features
- Vintage style electronics. No integrated circuits in the signal path.
- Maximum gain on the mic input is 80 dB
- Gain range on the line input: -20 to + 10 dB
- All soldered, connector-free internal design for the purest and most reliable signal path, the only connector used is for the gain switch
- Traditional 23-position 1073-style gain switch that is also used to select the mic or the line input jack.
- Combo XLR/TRS mic and line input jacks and separate output XLR and
- A Neutrik XLR/TRS combo jack with gold over nickel plated bronze contacts is used for the mic input.
- Insert jack for inserting EQ´s and other units. The insert jack can be switched in/out from the front panel. An internal jumper can select if the insert jack always has an output signal or not.
- Tantalum and polystyrene capacitors in the traditional positions. Neutrik
- XLR/TRS combo jack is used for the mic input.
- Switches on the back panel for 600 ohm output termination and ground lift.
- Relays are used to control internal switching for phantom power, mic low-Z, insert and DI for shorter circuit board signal paths. The relays are controlled by front panel switches.
- Circuit board star grounding scheme.
- Power supply with separate regulators for the audio circuit and the relay and LED circuit.
- External power supply to avoid interaction with the audio circuits and transformers.
- A solid build quality that will last many years of normal use.
Golden Age PRE-73 Deluxe Premier Preamp Includes
- Golden Age PRE-73 Deluxe Premier Preamp
- Power Supply
- User Documentation
- Manufacturer Warranty
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