UK Sound 1073 Mic Pre EQ

The UK Sound 1073 Mic Pre EQ is a modern recreation of the legendary 1073 Mic Pre EQ — at an affordable price

The UK Sound 1073 Mic Pre/EQ is the economically-priced UK Sound version of the famous 1073 Mic Pre EQ, designed to bring authentic sound character to any input source with powerful tonal shaping options. The faceplate features the same footprint as the original, while the internal circuitry is laid out on a printed circuit board — saving many hours of manual labor and significantly decreasing the cost to the user. While a circuit board is used to minimize cost, high quality components such as OEP/Carnhill transformers and Elma switches are included and every unit is hand built in Southern California. Despite their lower price, Every UK Sound component features the same quality assurance and support as BAE Audio devices.

UK Sound 1073 Mic Pre EQ features:

• Discrete Class A circuitry with transformer-balanced input and output
• 70dB of gain — handles a wide range of microphones including low-output ribbon mics
• Front-panel hi-Z DI input for guitar, bass, synth, and other sources
• Rear-panel line-level input for added versatility
• Microphone input impedance switchable between 
150Ω and 300Ω
• Polarity reverse switch; +48-volt phantom power
• 3-Band EQ
• HF: +/-16dB fixed frequency shelving at 12kHz
• LF: +/-16dB shelving with selectable frequencies of 35Hz, 60Hz, 110Hz & 220Hz
• MF: +/-18dB peaking, fixed ‘Q’ with, selectable centre frequencies of 0.36kHz, 0.7kHz, 1.6kHz, 3.2kHz, 4.8kHz & 7.2kHz
• Made in California by the same audiophiles that design BAE Audio