The Auteur Quad is the four-channel rack version of the popular Auteur MK2 preamplifier from Black Lion Audio . The microphone preamp has become an indispensable part of various studios for many years and is known for its fast, transparent, IC-based front end and at the same time offers a fat, colorful back end via Edcor transformers. This mixture of Vintage and modern design has led the Auteur to become known as the "Swiss Army Knife of Preamplifiers", which always sounds good with every signal. It seems especially suited to sources that require detail, but also benefit from a certain thickness such as drums or vocals. Some of the most important additions to the 2-channel half rack unit are the completely new measuring devices on all four channels and the use of the popular 500 series DI circuit on the first two channels. This feature set as well as the number of channels offer you one of the cheapest preamps in the world at an incredible price.
Black Lion Audio Auteur Quad Overview of the
4 Channel Microphone Preamp
Rack-mount version (19"), 1U
Vintage & Modern Circuit Design
Mic Section
Max. Microphone Input Level: +1dBu
Input Impedance: 6000Ω
Pad: 10dBu
Gain (without pad): +14dB to +65dB
Equivalent Input Noise (noise floor): -108dBu
THD +N (@ +4dBu Output):
.0033% @ +10dBu Gain
.0054% @ +24dBu Gain
.0112% @ +32dBu Gain
.027% @ +40dBu Gain
.078% @ +50dBu Gain
.21% @ +62dBu Gain
Bandwidth (1kHz, 150Ω source, unweighted): 10Hz to 30kHz
D.I. Section
Max D.I. Input Level: +18dBu
Input Impedance, Balanced: 2.2MΩ
Input Impedance, Unbalanced: 1.1MΩ
Pad: 13dBu
Gain: +14dB to +65dB
Equivalent Input Noise (noise floor): -82dB
THD +N (@ +4dBu output ):
.007% @ +12dBu
.11% @ +40dBu
Bandwidth (1kHz, 600Ω unbalanced source, unweighted): 10Hz to 30kHz
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