Why you need the Golden Age Project Pre-573 MKII 500 Series Mic Pre:

*Please note - This is a REPACK in mint condition w/ Six Month Alto Music Warranty!

Features:

Soft start circuit that slowly increases the current draw

Revised power supply with lower noise compared to the MKI

Increased AIR boost to 6 dB

Fully balanced line input pad

Vintage Style electronics based on the 1073 mic pre. No integrated circuits in the signal path

The output is transformer balanced and fully floating and can drive a 600 ohm load up to level of about 28 dBu

Maximum gain on the mic input is 80 dB, enough to handle passive ribbon mics with quiet sound sources

The total gain range goes from -15 to +80 dB. The 10 - 70 dB range is handled by a turn switch and a toggle switch selects an additional 5 or 10 dB gain

Switchable impedance on the mic input, 1200 or 300 ohms, will change the tone of many mics

The input can be configured to accept line level signals by another switch, the level is then lowered by about 25 dB and the input impedance increased to about 15 kohm

Switchable phantom power with a LED indicator

A front panel instrument input for any sound module, electric guitar or bass that can be selected between a high impedance Active or a mid-Z Passive mode. These two DI-options makes it possible to get different tones from electric instrument. The Passive DI input mode is usually more suited for injecting active units like sound modules

The output level control makes it possible to make fine gain adjustments and also to overload the main gain stage and then lower the signal to a suitable level before the output stage

Insert jack for inserting Golden Age Project 500 Series effect units. The insert can be activated by removing a jumper at the back of the module

Phase switch

Selectable AIR equalizer adds a small boost above 10 kHz.

A 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

Tantalum capacitors in the signal path

Selectable 600 ohm Output Termination at the back of the module

Circuit board star grounding scheme