Black Lion Audio Auteur Quad 4-Channel Microphone Preamp

Description

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500 Series
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Black Lion Audio Auteur Quad
The
Black Lion Audio Auteur Quad
is the four channel version rack mount of the ever popular Auteur MK2 preamp. The Auteur preamp has become a studio staple over the last decade and is know for its fast, transparent IC based front end while also providing a fat, colorful back end via edcor transformers. This mixture of vintage and modern design approaches has led the Auteur to be known as the “Swiss army knife of preamps” that sounds great on everything. It especially shines on sources that require detail but also benefit from some thickness such as drums or vocals. Some of the major additions to the Quad over the 2 channel half rack unit would be the all new meters on all four channels as well as borrowing the loved DI circuit from the 500 series Auteur on the first 2 channels. This feature set as well as channel count gives you one of the most affordable preamps in the world at an unbelievable price.
Mic Section:
Max Microphone Input Level: +1 dBu
Input Impedance: 6000 Ω
Pad: 10 dBu
Gain (no pad): +14 dB to +65 dB
Equivalent Input Noise (noise floor): -108 dBu
THD+N (@ +4 dBu output): .0033% @ +10 dBu Gain
THD+N (@ +4 dBu output): .0054% @ +24 dBu Gain
THD+N (@ +4 dBu output): .0112% @ +32 dBu Gain
THD+N (@ +4 dBu output): .027% @ +40 dBu Gain
THD+N (@ +4 dBu output): .078% @ +50 dBu Gain
THD+N (@ +4 dBu output): .21% @ +62 dBu Gain
Bandwidth (1 kHz, 150 Ω source, unweighted): 10 Hz to 30 kHz
DI Section:
Max DI Input Level: +18 dBu
Input Impedance Balanced: 2.2MΩ
Input Impedance Unbalanced: 1.1MΩ
Pad: 13 dBu
Gain: +14 dB to +65 dB
Equivalent Input Noise (noise floor): -82 dB
THD+N (@ +4 dBu output):
.007% @ +12 dBu
.11% @ +40 dBu
Bandwidth (1 kHz, 600 Ω unbalanced source, unweighted): 10 Hz to 30 kHz
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