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Rupert Neve 517 500 Series Mic Preamp/DI/Compressor

Rupert Neve 517 500 Series Mic Preamp/DI/Compressor

SoundPro Item: 85436 | Part Number: 517

Regular price $999.00
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  • 12-way precision rotary switch covering from Line (0) and Mic from 0 to 66 dB in 6 dB steps.
  • Push button inverts the polarity of the signal path. The symbol “Ø” is often used to denote opposite polarity.
  • The VARI-PHASE control rotates the phase incrementally, allowing two signals with the same source to be phase aligned.
  • Front panel TRS Input and passive through for hi-z sources. Continuous gain control from 0dB to 30dB.
  • THRU & INST 1/4” phone jacks.

Rupert Neve's 517 Mic Preamp / DI / Compressor provides a world-class transformer-coupled mic preamplifier, one-knob compression, DI circuitry with Vari-phase, Silk saturation and DI + mic blending capabilities – all in a single module.

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Specifications

Electrical
Microphone Input Impedance
10,000 Ohm
Instrument Input Impedance
1.6 Meg Ohm (3.3 Meg Ohm balanced)
Power Requirements
supplied by 500 series rack with 110-125 mA @ +/- 16V
Audio
Frequency Response
Mic Pre, Main Output, no load, DI Input, Main Output, no load
With Gain at Unity
better than -100 dBu
With Gain at 66 Db
better than -60.5 dBu
With Gain @ Unity
Typically better than -100 dBu
With Gain @ +30 Db
Typically better than -75 dBu
Phantom Power
+48 Volts DC +/- 1% (provided by 500 Series Rack)
THD
Measured @ Main Output
Connectivity
Max. Output Level
Maximum output from 20 Hz to 40 kHz is +23 dBu
@ 1 Khz, +20 Dbu Output
Main Output: Better than 0.001%
@ 20 Hz, +20 Dbu Output
Main Output: Better than 0.002%
General
Noise
Measured at Main Output, unweighted, 22Hz - 22kHz, Terminated 150 Ohm
Frequency
80 Hz
Slope
12 dB/Octave Bessel
Mic Pre
Unity to +66 dB in 6 dB steps
DI
Unity to +30 dB continuous
Silk Engaged
Better than 0.2% Second harmonic
@ 100 Hz
2.9 degrees to 57.4 degrees
@ 1 Khz
33.5 degrees to 156 degrees
@ 10 Khz
149 degrees to -175 degrees
Threshold
continuously variable from -20 dBu to +10 dBu
Ratio
fixed at 2:1
Compressor
Attack and Release, Mic Preamp and DI, Silk

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