SE - Pre 1ª microphone preamp
Thank you for purchasing your SE-Pre1ªmic preamp(s).
It's always challenging to make the right decision when buying gear for one's
recording facility. We're glad to have this opportunity for you to own and use some
sage gear ~ and hope you will be too !
The SE-Pre1 is a unique and elegant mic pre.
It is the first critical link to achieving professional quality audio with your recording
system.
The SE-Pre1 was designed and built by sage ELECTRONICS founder and builder
~ Phillip Victor Bova. Here are some of his thoughts about them:
So much has changed so quickly in the recording world ... the changeover
from 16 bit to the much higher resolution of 24 bit recording has peeled
back yet another layer of sonic fuzziness. This has revealed inadequacies in
the recording chain many hadn't noticed before. Quite rightly, the mic pre,
sitting at the front end of the analogue signal path is coming under
renewed scrutiny. Lets face it, it's the 'gatekeeper' for every mic and DI
passing through it! So it better be good.'
I think of the sound of sage pres as being on the 'clean side of warm.' They
do not exhibit as much colouration as some of their 'classic' counterparts .
They have a very open, airy, but not-exaggerated top end and a really fat,
tight bottom end. They make even cheap dynamic mics sound great. They
sound the same at any gain level. They are not clip-able by any known mic
input signal.
I designed them and now manufacture them because after operating studios
for over twenty years ~ I was frustrated with the high maintena nce / cost
associated with owning 'vintage' gear. While I truly loved the way this
'classic' equipment sounded when it was working properly, it seemed like I
was spending more time fixing it than recording … and so sage
ELECTRONICS® was formed to produce gear in the spirit of classic 1960s /
70s equipment but with brand new high quality components ... great
sounding single minded gear which will last for many years to come.
