Quad Mic Pre

A 12-way precision rotary switch controls gain from 0 to 66 dB in 6 dB steps.

Continuously variable +/-6 dB level control.

Pushing the Silk button engages the Red Silk circuit, which reduces the negative feedback on the output transformer, adding harmonic content as the texture is increased. Red Silk accentuates the saturation in the mid and high frequencies, similar to that of the Red Silk mode on the Shelford Channel. By manipulating the Texture control, the amount of Silk can be changed from essentially absent, to roughly 10 times the amount of coloration / distortion found in Silk from the original Portico Series. With Silk / Texture engaged, the distortion characteristic and harmonic content of the unit are very reminiscent of many of Rupert’s vintage class-A designs.

An eight-segment LED bar-graph meter displays output level (pre-Silk). from -30 dBu to +22 dBu.

Reverses the polarity of the input signal.

Continuously variable from 20Hz to 250 Hz, and engaged with the HPF button.

Provides 48V phantom power to microphones.

A secondary split off the output transformer with a lower headroom, designed to allow engineers to fully drive the output of the 5211 without clipping converters and other devices.

Main Output, no load.

-0.2 dB @ 10 Hz

-3 dB @ 160 kHz

Measured at Main Output, unweighted, 22 Hz - 22 kHz. Terminated 150 Ohm.

Terminated 150 Ohm.

With gain at unity better than -100 dBu

With gain at 66 dB better than -2 dBu

Equivalent Input Noise better than -128 dBu

Noise Factor 1.5 dB

FREQUENCY 80 Hz

SLOPE 12 dB/Octave Bessel

From 20 Hz to 40 kHz is +26 dBu.

@ 1 kHz, +20 dBu main output: Better than 0.001%

@ 20 Hz, +20 dBu main output: Better than 0.002%

Silk Engaged: Better than 0.2% Second harmonic

Measured channel to channel: Better than -90 dB @ 15 kHz.

+48 Volts DC +/- 1%

3-Pin EIC Input

100-240VAC

50/60Hz

.5 Amp