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Availability: This is a special order item. Please allow 33 days from your order date for shipment to you.
List Price: $999.00
Discount: 20%
Our Price: $799.99
At Musiciansfriend.com on December 02, 2010.

Makes voices sound bigger than life!

The Aphex 230 Master Voice Channel Tube Mic Pre is an indispensable broadcast station tool. Youll find them in the production room, or installed as a permanent on-air feed-through for pumping up voices. The Aphex 230 also makes a powerful and easy-to-use channel for home and project studios with its reflected-plate amplifier tube mic preamp design plus compression, gating, de-esser, parametric EQ, aural exciter, and a bottom booster.

Aphex 230 Master Voice Channel Tube Mic Pre Features:

  • Reflected-plate amplifier tube mic preamp
  • EasyRider compressor
  • Logic assisted gate
  • Split-band de-esser
  • Aural exciter
  • Parametric EQ
  • Big bottom
  • +4 dBu and -10 dBV outputs
  • 24-bit 96 kHz A/D
  • AES, SPDIF and optical outputs
  • Low jitter word clock output
  • Word clock input
  • Cough switch (soft mute)

Order today and work magic with less-than-perfect voices.

Aphex 230 Master Voice Channel Tube Mic Pre Specifications:

  • MIC INPUT �
  • � Connector XLR-3F
  • � Type Transformerless, NPN active balanced, tube second stage
  • � Input Z 2k ohms nominal
  • � Maximum Input Level (MIL) 20k ohms
  • � CMRR >70 dB @ 60 Hz
  • � Nominal Preamp Gain 20 to 65 dB
  • � Phantom Power +48VDC
  • � Pad 20dB
  • � EIN -127dBu (Input Shorted)
  • � Tube Type 12AT7/ECC81 Dual Triode
  • OUTPUT �
  • � Connector XLR-3M and 1/4" TRS Phone Jacks
  • � Type XLR is Impedance Balanced (may be used unbalanced); TRS is unbalanced
  • � Out Z Balanced XLR 66 ohms
  • � Out Z Unbalanced XLR 33 ohms; TRS 600 ohms
  • � Nominal Level XLR +4dBu; TRS -10dBV
  • � Maximum Output Level +25dBu Unloaded; TRS +11dBV
  • COMPRESSOR
  • � Attack / Release Program dependent, user variable release baseline
  • � Ratio 4:1
  • � Threshold Fixed
  • � Knee Medium Hard
  • GATE
  • � Attack 0.1 millisecond
  • � Hold / Release 300 milliseconds / 400 milliseconds
  • � Threshold Variable -50 to +20dB
  • � Depth Variable, 1 to 58dB
  • DE-ESSER
  • � Attack 0.1 millisecond
  • � Release 100 milliseconds
  • � Threshold Variable -20 to +20dB
  • � Ratio 5:1
  • � Active Band 4 kHz to 20kHz Linkwitz-Riley 24 db/octave crossover
  • INSERT
  • � Connector type - Send 1/4" TRS Phone Jack, Balanced
  • � Connector type - Return 1/4" TRS Phone Jack, Balanced
  • � Nominal Operating Level 0 dBu
  • � Point of Insertion Between dynamics processing and equalizers
  • BIG BOTTOM
  • � Frequency 50 Hz to 280 Hz
  • � Tune Off to +12dB
  • PARAMETRIC EQ
  • � Frequency Tune 240 Hz to 8 kHz
  • � Peak / Dip ±12dB
  • � Q Range 0.5 to 5
  • AURAL EXCITER
  • � Frequency Tune 500 Hz to 5kHz
  • � Mix Off to +12dB
  • ANALOG AUDIO
  • � THD <.01% @ +4dBu Out
  • � IMD <.01% @ +4dBu Out
  • � Freq Response (Flat) 18 Hz to 24kHz ±1dB
  • DIGITAL AUDIO
  • � Internal Sample Rates 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 88.2KHz, 96KHz
  • � External Sample Rates Automatically syncs to any word clock between 32KHz and 96KHz
  • � Resolution 24 bits
  • � Word Clock Input BNC Jack, High Z, Captures <1Vp-p to 5Vp-p
  • � Word Clock Output BNC Jack, 75 Ohms, 5Vp-p
  • � Dynamic Range Digital dynamic range greater than analog front end
  • � Noise Dither Dithered by analog preamp noise floor. Equivalent to 16-bit digital audio dither.
  • � Level Equivalency -20dBFS Digital = +4dBu Analog
  • OTHER SPECIFICATIONS
  • � Power requirements 90-250 VAC 50-60 Hz 12W
  • � Dimensions 19"W x 1.75"H x 8.25" D ��1 Rack U �(482.6mm x 44.5mm x 209.6mm)
  • � Depth Behind Front Panel 7.5" (190.5mm)
  • � Net Weight 6 lbs (2.73 kg)
  • � Shipping Weight 9 lbs (4.1 kg)

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