Gold Clean. Open.<\/p>\n
Gold is based around the classic Jensen 990 op-amp. The Hairball Audio 990 is assembled in the USA and built to the specifications of Deane Jensen\u2019s now famous JE-990 paper published in the February 1980 AES journal. The 990 op-amp has become the GOLD standard for discrete op-amp performance.<\/p>\n
To complement this pristine signal chain, we’ve worked with Jensen Transformers to create a 500 series sized version of their classic JT-16 input transformer. This transformer has set the bar for clarity and performance. To complete the chain we’ve used the equally impressive Jensen JT-11 output.<\/p>\n
It goes toe-to- toe with the John Hardy M-1, providing tons of gain while maintaining a low noise floor. Pristine, clean but not boring, lots of gain, making everything sound bigger and better without adding color.<\/p>\n
This is one of the highest quality clean and open pres available. Unlike the cheap transformerless pres that come with many common audio interfaces, Gold does not sound dull. It enables the kind of clarity and detail you’ll only find with components of this caliber. It’s the perfect pre for recording acoustic instruments and anything you’d like to remain true to the source.<\/p>\n
Good on voiceovers, vocals, and acoustic instruments, specially with brass with a clear top that avoided edgy overtones.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Stepped Grayhill Input Switch
\n\u2022 Variable Ouput Potentiometer
\n\u2022 Assembled and tested Hairball Audio JE-990 op-amp
\n\u2022 Jensen JT-16-PCJR input transformer
\n\u2022 Jensen JT-11-DM output transformer
\n\u2022 Fully shielded PCB enclosure
\n\u2022 Gold anodize aluminum faceplate
\n\u2022 63 dB of gain
\n\u2022 Customizable 20 dB pad
\n\u2022 Phantom Power
\n\u2022 Polarity switch
\n\u2022 DI input
\n\u2022 Grayhill Input gain switch
\n\u2022 Variable output level
\n\u2022 Capacitor selected by ear to compliment the Gold circuit<\/p>\n
API (and compatible) Lunchbox and VPR500 racking systems.
\nFully built to perfection in Canada with a 1 year warranty.
\nThese can be also build to order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1113,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[19],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1106","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-preamps","product_shipping_class-1-module","first","instock","sale","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bywaudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bywaudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bywaudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bywaudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bywaudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bywaudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bywaudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}