AMS Neve 1073LB 500-Series Mono Mic Preamp

The AMS Neve 1073LB is the only preamp that brings the authentic sound of recording's most highly prized preamp, the Neve 1073, to 500-series racks everywhere. Ask any producer or recording engineer what their desert island preamp is, and invariably, the Neve 1073 will come up just about every time. The most copied preamp on the planet, it would be more appropriate to ask what influential recordings the 1073 hasn't been used on since its introduction in 1970 through today. Perhaps the greatest achievement of the Neve 1073 is that it gave solid-state circuits the rich euphonic sound of tubes, and the punch that put the rock into roll. It was also the first wide-bandwidth preamp designed to be linear and low-noise past the range of human hearing.* Along with the character of the preamp, thanks to its Neve-designed Marinair™ custom input and output transformers, the award-winning 1073LB boasts a staggering 80dB of ribbon mic-friendly gain, variable input impedance, input trim, and of cour