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High-Quality Sound Reproduction
The A-Designs Pacifica is inspired by the renowned sound of '70s solid-state desks like Neve and API, ensuring top-tier audio quality for professional recordings.
KEY FEATURES
The A-Designs Pacifica is a 1U solid-state, 2 channel pre-amp built to the highest standards for professional applications.
With the A-Designs Pacifica, the company took their inspiration from the long-cherished solid-state desks from the '70s, such as the Neve, Quad 8 and API of the best studios - each capable of imparting their particular sound to the final recordings.
The distinctive styling of the Pacifica came from A-Designs love of the American Quad 8 desk in particular, though they didn't let that obsession stop just there - they even had the transformers built by Tom Reichenbach, son of the builder of the original Quad 8 transformers.
The simple uncluttered layout of the Pacifica preamp offers you a jack input, Phantom Power, Pad and Phase Reversal buttons, plus a rotary gain knob per channel. The back panel has an XLR In and XLR Out per channel. And that's all she wrote.
But like all the best audio equipment, it's not about the buttons on the A-Designs Pacifica - it's all about the sound.
- Two-channel, solid-state preamp with two front-panel Hi-Z inputs
- Captures the sound quality of the legendary Quad Eight Pacifica console with even more presence and high-end
- Very warm and full tone without being dark; wide bandwidth with a sweet top end
- Custom-wound Cinemag input and output transformers
- Input transformer: A-Designs proprietary input transformer with unique winding
- Output Transformer: A-Designs proprietary alloy using the same massive design as the original Quad Eight
- 72dB of quiet gain, great for use with ribbon mics
- Unique DI design sends signal through the input transformer for two transformers in the signal path
- Balanced XLR I/O
- Phase reversal (each channel)
- -20dB pad (each channel)
- +48V phantom power (each channel)
- Solid construction, handmade in the USA.
- UK over £99 FREE
- UK under £99 £10
- EU £36
- Rest of World £80
Large/Heavy items: Extra charges may apply (e.g., consoles, large monitors). We’ll contact you before processing if so.
We ship with DPD and UPS across the UK, EU and worldwide. Same-day within the M25 is available depending on stock.
This item, like everything we supply, comes with the complete support of our expert team. Our excellent technicians have been specifying, building and supporting studios for over twenty years. If you have any problems with installation, setup or everyday use, they’re never more than a click away, and always happy to help.
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KEY BENEFITS
Vintage Design Influence
Drawing heavily from the American Quad 8, the Pacifica features a distinctive style and utilizes specially crafted transformers by Tom Reichenbach, enhancing its unique audio character.
User-Friendly Interface
The Pacifica offers a straightforward, uncluttered layout with essentials like Phantom Power, Pad, and Phase Reversal, coupled with rotary gain controls, making it accessible and easy to use.