Daking Mic Pre 500 500 Series Microphone Preamp #25107 (Used)

Daking Audio Mic Pre 500 500 Series single-channel microphone/instrument preamplifier module at the 129th AES Convention in San Francisco. Derived from the company’s Mic Pre One freestanding unit, the Mic Pre 500 is designed for installation in 500 Series format equipment. The mic pre features switchable phase, 20 dB mic input pad, +48 V phantom power, and a selectable quarter-inch line/hi-z instrument input.

Like the Mic-Pre One, the Mic Pre 500 shares the gain structure and Class A, fully-discrete transistor circuitry design of Daking’s popular Mic Pre IV. The front panel controls include a variable high-pass filter (with a range of 10-200Hz @ 12 dB per octave) as well as continuously variable input gain. It also includes an eight-segment tri-color LED meter with simultaneous VU and Peak.

FEATURES:

• 70 dB of gain
• 8 segment tri color meter with VU and peak indications
• Switchable Polarity
• 20 dB pad with constant reflected impedance
• Switchable Phantom Power
• Direct 1/4″ instrument input on the front panel
• Balanced XLR Output
• Balanced 1/4″ TRS output which can be used with unbalanced devices with no deterioration of signal