Features:

• Transformer balanced inputs and outputs
• Up to 65 dB gain after modification
• XLR mic level inputs, dual XLR +4 dB outputs per channel, input gain potentiometers, polarity reversal, & 20dB Pad in a one-space rack are standard
• One year rack component warranty and six-month module warranty
• Fourteen-day satisfaction guarantee
  
  

From the fine Volks at Telefunken in former West Germany, the same people who gave us so many legendary sounding preamps, EQ's, and compressors come the V672/2 microphone preamps. These were first manufactured in the late sixties and were designed as "multi-purpose amplifiers" (Mehrzweckverstärker) and depending on the wiring configuration served as summing amplifiers, distribution amplifiers, splitting amplifiers, meter drivers, and more. The inherent flexibility with which they were designed and the relative ease with which they could be configured to perform so many different tasks speaks volumes of the brilliance of their Telefunken ELA-Technik designers. Of course, over time people have learned how to further modify them to be some wonderful sounding microphone preamps.

The V672/2 is an heir to a long tradition of fine German broadcast modules. German transistor-based microphone preamplifiers have earned an excellent reputation among studio engineers with modules like the, Telefunken V676a, TAB V376, the Neumann PMV 70 and V476b, the Siemens V276 and more.

Please take note of the excellent input and output transformers shown in the interior picture. The majority of V672/2 modules that we encounter come stocked with different Haufe-style output transformers than the majority of original V672's, which have UI style transformers, thus making them sound a bit different. High tones are clear and more present yet smooth, midrange is smooth and not as present, and low frequencies are full yet tighter (not quite as big as the UI-style transformer version) and overall they have a nicely present and warm color character, but are not as thick as the other version. Our customers have spoken of success with these on drums, bass, guitars, and vocals, among other instruments, especially with rock and pop music. Plus 65 dB of gain after they are racked and modified is more than enough for even the most sensitive of ribbon mics. They are a perfect mix of vintage sound with modern functionality and reliability and are really a great all-around microphone preamp.