AMS Neve 1081 Hand-Built Microphone Preamp and Equalizer
Description
The AMS Neve 1081 is a classic mono preamp/EQ originally built for the Neve 80-series consoles and still made today by hand in Burnley, UK, using the original components, hand-wound transformers, and refined construction methods.
The AMS Neve 1081 is a member of the original 10-series preamp/equalizers whose siblings include the venerable 1073, 1084, and 1066. All of the preamps in the series share precisely the same input and output sections, with the only difference being the equalizer sections in order to offer more tonal options. The difference between the 1081 and the 1073, is the addition of high- and low-pass filters with five center frequency options. While the high-frequency band of the 1073 is a shelving EQ with a center frequency of 12kHz (one of the reasons it’s so popular), the 1081 offers five center frequencies with selectable shelving or peak curve. A truly classic component in a recording front-end or mixing environment, often seen in the credits on today’s platinum-selling albums, the 1081 provides remarkable sensitivity, fast and musical response to transients, plus inimitable Neve equalization.
Key Features:
• Legendary Neve microphone preamp and equalizer design (Class AB)
• Exclusive Neve Marinair™ transformers used on input and output stages
• 5 switchable EQ bands
• HP and LP selectable filters (18dB per octave)
• Separate 48V phantom power supply
• Solo button selects channel unbalanced output
• Hand-built and wired precisely to original 1972 specifications
• Both inputs transformer-balanced and earth free
• Microphone input: gain +80db to +10dB in 5dB steps
• Line input: gain +20dB to -10dB in 5dB steps
• Output: maximum output >+26dBu into 600O; output impedance 75O @1kHz
• Distortion: not more than 0.07% at +20dBu output
• Freq response: ±0.5dB 20Hz to 20kHz, -3dB at 45kHz. EQ Out.
• Output noise better than -80 dB at all line levels