D.W. Fearn VT2 Vacuum Tube Dual Mic Preamp
The VT-series microphone preamplifiers will change the way you think of audio quality. The transparency is astounding. Vocals sound smoother, warmer, more intimate, with a compelling presence. Any microphone and any sound will benefit from the improved clarity, definition, and lack of solid-state artifacts.
The VT-2 recreates the sound of classic tube preamplifiers of the 1960s. Modern components and computer-optimized circuitry, unavailable during the vacuum tube era, elevate this design to a new level of performance.
Features:
- Stereo version of the highly-acclaimed VT-1
- All vacuum-tube design
- Clean and airy high end
- Fat low end
- Unsurpassed warmth, transparency, and musicality
- Lo-Z input position for superior performance with transformer-less mics
- Phase (polarity) reverse switch
- +48 volt phantom power (completely disconnected when off)
- Custom-design Jensen input and output transformers for superb sonics
- 20 dB input pad (switchable)
- True VU meters (amplifier isolated)
- All point-to-point audio wiring
- High-performance, fully-regulated power supplies with exceptional reserve
- Gold input and output XLR connectors
- Polypropylene and polystyrene coupling capacitors
- All audio switching through gold-contact, sealed precision relays
- International operation on 100, 120, or 220 VAC, 50/60 Hz
- +4 dBm output
- Conservatively rated precision components and rugged construction for stability and long life
- Line-level processing with the LP-1 Line Pad accessory
Specifications
- Input: 150 ohms
- Input Load Impedance: 1.1k ohms minimum
- Minimum Input Level: -65 dBm nominal
- Maximum Input Level @ 20 cps -30 dBm without pad, -5 dBm with 20 dB pad
- Gain: 53 dB
- Frequency Response: +/-0.25 dB 20 cps to 20 kc; -3 dB @ 0.5 cps and 65 kc
- THD+Noise: less than 0.20% 20 cps to 20 kc
- Inter-modulation Distortion SMPTE: less than 0.02%
- Signal to Noise Ratio: 73 dB minimum
- Equivalent Input Noise: -123 dBm maximum
- Output: low-Z, transformer-balanced
- Maximum Output Level: +22 dBm, 20k ohm load
- Power Requirements: 100, 120, or 220 VAC, 50/60 Hz
- Dimensions: 19″ (48.26cm) W, 5.25″ (13.34cm) H, 14″ (35.56cm) D
- Weight: 18 lbs (8.16kg)