ID: 65767
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Zo goed als nieuw.
Silkworm is our first series 500 product, and it took a long time to develop it. Thats because series 500, with its inherent limitations, like available space, low supply voltage, low available current draw, etc, requires a meticulous design.
If you are looking for a superior performance solid state preamp in series 500 format that covers all applications in a professional recording studio, look no further. This is your ticket. We are very proud of Silkworms tone, versatility and reliability. It is amongst the finest this series has to offer, and that it does in truckloads.
Of course, we wanted to pack this baby with as much tonal variation as possible:
Mic input has a 3-position character (labeled vibe) switch, giving you three distinctively different and very useable tonalities. The output also has a split personality, solid state or transformer driven.
Thanks to the dual stage servo loop, there are no capacitors in the signal path from input to output. This yields a linear phase low end which is not achievable with tube preamps or conventionally designed solid-state ones. When used with a good quality microphone (or instrument), the effortless and open low end is immediately noticeable.
When in transformer mode, Silkworm sounds just like Neve 1073LB. This was not intended, it just happened; it has a completely different design approach. In solid state mode, it becomes extremely transparent, resulting in stunning realism. Solid state mode preserves clarity even when extreme equalization is applied. Input transformer assures that the tone is never sterile even at cleanest settings.
Technical Specifications*Fully discrete gain stage.
Silkworm is our first series 500 product, and it took a long time to develop it. Thats because series 500, with its inherent limitations, like available space, low supply voltage, low available current draw, etc, requires a meticulous design.
If you are looking for a superior performance solid state preamp in series 500 format that covers all applications in a professional recording studio, look no further. This is your ticket. We are very proud of Silkworms tone, versatility and reliability. It is amongst the finest this series has to offer, and that it does in truckloads.
Of course, we wanted to pack this baby with as much tonal variation as possible:
Mic input has a 3-position character (labeled vibe) switch, giving you three distinctively different and very useable tonalities. The output also has a split personality, solid state or transformer driven.
Thanks to the dual stage servo loop, there are no capacitors in the signal path from input to output. This yields a linear phase low end which is not achievable with tube preamps or conventionally designed solid-state ones. When used with a good quality microphone (or instrument), the effortless and open low end is immediately noticeable.
When in transformer mode, Silkworm sounds just like Neve 1073LB. This was not intended, it just happened; it has a completely different design approach. In solid state mode, it becomes extremely transparent, resulting in stunning realism. Solid state mode preserves clarity even when extreme equalization is applied. Input transformer assures that the tone is never sterile even at cleanest settings.
Technical Specifications*Fully discrete gain stage.
- Full DC path no coupling capacitors.
- Servo control for minimal DC offset.
- Microphone input impedance: 8k (for middle Vibeswitch setting only; more complex for the other two).
- Instrument input impedance: 2.2M.
- Frequency response: 5Hz to 50kHz ±3dB.
- Gain stage THD at 1kHz: <0.0005%.
- Input mic transformer THD at 0dBu: 0.03% at 100Hz, 0.01% at 200Hz, 0.001 % at 2kHz, 0.0007% at 10kHz.
- Output transformer THD 20Hz to 20kHz up to 10dBu: <0.15%; up to 20dBu <0.2%; up to 28dBu <1%.
- Maximum gain 66dB (mic) and 42dB (instrument).
- Maximum output level: 28.7dBu.
- Cinemag input mic transformer.
- Cinemag 100% Iron output transformer.
- Switchable transformer or solidstate balanced output.
- Threeway character (Vibe) switch.
- Gain regulation: 3position range switch and trim control.
- Weight 1.1 kg.
- Dimensions 24 x 20.5 x 11 cm.