A-Designs Pacifica Mic Preamp

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A- Designs Pacifica Stereo Microphone Preamplifier/D.I.“Big Iron” Sound of the ’70s with Unbelievable Bandwidth.

A Designs Pacifica takes its sonic signature and name from the revered Quad Eight mixing console. However, the A-Designs Pacifica has a sound and character all its own. Praised by top professionals for having the depth of a Neve, the midrange of an API and the high-end of a Massenburg, the Pacifica has firmly established itself as the go-to preamp for an impressive list of Grammy-winning and platinum-selling engineers and producers. 

The streamlined feature set of the Pacifica delivers exactly what an audio professional needs to quickly record high-quality tracks. Paying homage to the color scheme of the Quad Eight Pacifica console, the hand-crafted A Designs Pacifica sports a rich, cream-colored finish with solid feeling red metal gain knobs, a red 48V phantom power push button with red LED indicator, and grey push buttons for phase reverse and –20dB pad – all giving the Pacifica a look reminiscent of California girls, beach boys, and classic Woodies. 

It also has two front-panel Hi-Z instrument inputs, but – just like a classic Woody – it’s what’s under the Pacifica’s hood that gives the Direct Inputs their distinctive sound. Unlike other preamps, Pacifica’s DIs are routed through the input transformer, passing signal through two transformers for added depth and richer tone….and these aren’t just any transformers! They’re custom-designed input and output transformers built by Tom Reichenbach of Cinemag (whose father Ed built the transformers for the original Quad Eight desks). The output transformers are custom wound and share the same design as those found in the original Quad Eight.  The input transformers, however, are pure, proprietary A-Designs. 

Another major component of Pacifica’s stellar sound is its extreme bandwidth, ranging from way down at 9Hz all the way up to 101kHz with  <1% distortion! Along with the custom transformers, the linear response down below 10Hz provides the big, punchy sound for which the Pacifica has become a contemporary classic. It also provides harmonic content well above the range of human hearing, reducing in-band phase shift for more realism, along with the added benefit of delivering more harmonic information to work with…turning your EQ into a creative tool rather than a corrective one.

 

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Weight 13 kg