A-Designs Pacifica Solid State Stereo Microphone Preamplifier
by A-Designs
List Price: $2,250.00 $1,995.00At Amazon on 11-4-2008.
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Consider the A-Designs Pacifica solid state stereo microphone preamplifier if you're ready for your first really good preamp-or the last one you may ever need. How often in life do you encounter someone or something that no one has anything bad to say about? We haven't met that someone yet, but the something is the A Designs Audio Pacifica solid state, dual-channel preamp. This Tec Award nominated beauty has won more hearts than Jennifer Garner, and has, if you'll excuse the pun, garnered more praise from engineers and producers than just about any other preamp to hit the streets in a long, long time. A Designs Audio Pacifica, First Take: 2-channel, solid state preamp with 2 x front-panel hi-Z inputs Custom-wound input and output transformers Captures the sound quality of the legendary Quad Eight console but with more presence and high end Balanced XLR I/O, phase reversal, -20dB pad, +48V phantom powerThe Sound of the 70s RebornThe 1970s was a time of great music and great change in pro audio a golden age if you will. The introduction of solid state electronics led to an explosion in development and a very different sound than the tube gear of previous decades. The recording console in a high-end 1970s studio was likely a Neve, API, or Quad Eight. These companies set the standards for audio quality with a unique sound firmly imprinted on the popular recordings of the era. Even though the Quad Eight mysteriously faded from view, many engine