Golden Age Premier PRE-573

​The PRE-573 PREMIER is a one-channel vintage style microphone, line and instrument preamplifier. The signal path uses only discrete components like resistors, capacitors and transistors. The microphone and line input and the line output are transformer balanced, using two different transformers, each one optimized for its purpose. This is the way audio components were built before integrated circuits became available. The subjective sound quality delivered by vintage equipment is often prefered to the one delivered by modern units, a situation that is even more obvious now when music is recorded with clean sounding digital audio equipment. The circuit used in the PRE-573 PREMIER is similar to the preamp section in the classical 1073 module with a corresponding sound character that is warm, punchy, sweet and musical. These classic characteristics have been heard on countless recordings through the years and it is a versatile sound that works very well on most sound sources and in most genres. The essence of this sound is now available at a surprisingly low cost, making it available to nearly everyone.

Features:

• Vintage Style electronics. No integrated circuits in the signal path
• Maximum gain in MIC mode is 80 dB, enough to handle passive ribbon mics with quiet sound sources
• Switchable impedance on the mic input, 1200 or 300 ohms, will change the tone of many mics
• The total gain range goes from -10 to +80 dB. The 20 to 70 dB range (in MIC mode) is handled by a turn switch and a toggle switch selects an additional 5 or 10 dB gain
• The input can be configured to accept line level signals by another switch, the level is then lowered by about 30 dB and the input impedance increased to about 10 kohm
• A selectable two-position 6 dB / octave highpass filter with fres of about 45 or 180 Hz
• Insert jack for inserting Golden Age Project and Premier 500 Series eq and effect units. The insert is activated by removing a jumper at the back of the module
• Phase switch and switchable phantom power with a LED indicator
• Selectable AIR equalizer adds a boost of about 6 dB centered at 30 kHz
• A simple but effective signal and overload indicator is offered by a single LED that starts glowing red at about +4 dBu and then increases its intensity up to the maximum output level
• Selectable 600 ohm output termination at the back of the module
• A solid build quality that will last many years of normal use

Specifications:

• Type: Preamp
• Manufacturer: Golden Age Premier
• Model: PRE-573 PREMIER
• Number of channels: 1x
• Phase Switch: Yes
• Maximum Gain: 80 dB (microphone)
• Gain range: -10 to +80 dB
• Phantom Power: Yes
• EQ: Air EQ, Highpass Filter 80Hz/200Hz
• Impedance, switchable: 1200 / 300 Ohm