Boutique Audio Telefunken V76m Rack - Unloaded (Used)

Used rack, holds 2x Telefunken V76-style modules.

The V72 is a self contained amplifier with a fixed gain. It was originally used as a microphone amplifier (in use with a Neumann W75k high pass filter) and as a buffering amplifier to make up for loss of the passive fader like the Danner MR66/88 and Eckmiller W86 EQs.

The V72 was originally developed by North West German Radioand Hamburg's Institute of Broadcast Technology between the years 1949-1952.Designed as a microphone and main studio amplifier, the V72 uses dual EF804S tubes, and has a fixed gain of34dB, and was used with a high pass filter as a mic pre, and as a bufferingamplifier to make up for losses from a passive fader EQ. When the V76 arrived,the V72 was generally used only for buffering in broadcast applications.

In the mid 50s both the Siemens and TAB companies beganmanufacturing the units for Telefunken, and the V72 became the standard preampin German radio stations, while its cousin the V72s was being used extensivelyby companies like Decca and EMI, (most famously by the Beatles in the REDD console).

Approximately 25,000 units were built fordomestic use in Germany,and many more for export. By 1963, its reign had come to an end, as the age oftransistors had arrived, and the V72 was replaced by the V72t (’t’ for transistor).Siemens continued to build the V72 until 1964, and the V72b until 1966. TABcontinued to build the V72 until the mid 1970s.

Several different amplifiers were made on the basic V72circuit platform, including the V71, V76 and V77. Other members of the V72 family,with different circuitry, are the a, b, & s versions of the V72, as well asthe V70, V74a and V77b.

At the dawn of the 1960s, AEG-Telefunken was a majormanufacturer of broadcast equipment, and their systems were found in radiostations around the globe. The venerable V72 was an important part of thesefacilities: rugged, dependable, quality units that stayed in operation fordecades, and are still valued today.