HLabs PRE169 500 Series Microphone Preamp

The HLabs PRE169 is a very versatile microphone preamp. With over 67 dB of gain, it sounds great with all microphones including vintage ribbon and dynamics. The combination of input gain and output level offers a wide range of colors, from a very neutral sound to an old Neve-like character.

Inspired by the legendary Studer 169 mixing console, the PRE169's input stage is a near perfect replication of the original Studer design with its fairly transparent sound with massive gain range. To add more fatness, HLabds put a big Carnhill transformer in the output section - the same you can find in Neve 51-series console - and packed it all in a tiny 500 Series format single-slot module.

FEATURES:

• 500 Series microphone preamp with more than 67 dB gain - perfect for ribbon mics and low level sources
• Very musical 12 dB/octave high pass filter tuneable from 20 to 315 Hz to clean muddy low end
• Simple DI input with a big transformer sound
• Massive Carnhill VT24499 transformer provides PRE169 it's unique character
• Neutrik NTM-4 input transformer for almost un-saturatable input gain
• Old-fashioned assembly of 100% discrete THT components through the audio path