Feature-laden 73-style Pre for Your 500 Series Rack Time and time again, the 73-style mic preamp has ranked as the number-one desert island choice for studio pros. Boasting vintage-style electronics with UK-made Carnhill transformers, the Golden Age Pre-573 Premier packs this time-tested circuit into your 500 Series rack. This British-flavored beast boasts 80dB of gain — enough for your passive ribbon mics, even on extra-quiet sources. Switchable impedance enables you to pair the Pre-573 Premier with any microphone, and it can easily tackle line-level sources. You'll appreciate how this 500 Series module's 2-position highpass filter attenuates unwanted low-frequency rumble, in addition to the how flexible the front-panel instrument input makes DI-ing your guitar or bass a walk in the park. You also get a separate output knob, which makes achieving those coveted saturated textures effortless, plus an insert jack for patching in your favorite EQ and/or compressor. Polarity reverse, a