MICPRE ONE

MICPRE ONE is one of the first in our flagship “Designed by Langley” series. Similar in topology to the transformerless design Graham used on the Amek M2500 mixing console and the original Angela console of 1982. The design retains the use of parallel matched transistors and constant current sources. The signal path is balanced throughout. The PCBs are fully gold plated. Nothing is compromised.

Heritage, refined

0dB to 66dB of gain is selected in 6dB steps by a rotary switch, followed by the fader stage which provides an additional 4dB of gain and up to 24dB of control — to adjust between switch settings and to attenuate the final output to suit a consumer interface.

Switches are fitted for input impedance selection, a passive high pass filter before the preamplifier, phase and phantom power. A high impedance balanced instrument input is provided on a front panel jack, and an additional switch selects the source for a second front panel jack that can provide a balanced “THRU” output directly from the instrument source, or monitor off the main path.

“My first impression of the MICPRE ONE & EQ ONE is that they are both outstanding. I have to be blunt here — I'm not really that bothered by ‘gear’ these days.”