All tube variable impedance Mic Pre

Among purists, nothing compares to the rich warmth and color of a classic tube mic, coupled with a well-matched preamp. Which is or rather, was exactly the problem. Because matching each mic required searching out the exactly the right preamp to capture just the right sound. Or settling for the most compatible mismatch, and trying to fix it in the mix. Until now, that is

Meet Vipre.The world's first and only all-tube, variable impedance preamp; literally, as state-of-the-art as tube technology can get. The only preamp designed to enhance the characteristics of virtually any mic - ours or anyone else's whether you?re recording with the latest tube mic or a classic ribbon mic. Or adding a little depth to even the most colorless FET. And all with the mere twist of a knob or two.

All tubes. No chips, no tricks. No kidding.

These days, hardly anyone uses an all-tube design even though it's commonly accepted that utilizing nothing but tubes from input to output delivers unmatched results. Using a fully differential Class A design, the Vipre is able to maintain its high performance and simple circuit design, while significantly increasing dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio. The result is dramatically reduced distortion and incredible DC-to-daylight performance, revealing exceptional detail nearly free of unwanted sonic imprints.

Variable input controls to compliment any mic. And every mic.

Vipre is designed to provide a dramatic degree of tone control, allowing you to sculpt the sound at the input stage without relying on electronic trickery in the later stages. Four distinct impedance settings bring out the best in any mic tube, FET, ribbon or dynamic. As a result, classic mics virtually bloom before your ears, while FETs acquire a degree of richness never before possible. Or use the balanced-bridge input to bypass the variable impedance feature and achieve a completely different sonic character. Meanwhile, Vipre's five variable rise-time settings allow you to adjust its fast signal path to capture just the sound quality you're looking for fast to preserve the full percussive and forward qualities of the source, slow to help tame overly aggressive sound qualities. And virtually anything and everything in between.

Final score: Gain, 75. Pain, O.

The Vipre gain controls offer fully discrete step attenuation, allowing for repeatable results and a fully balanced signal path throughout the unit. Even more impressive is Vipre's amazing 75dB of available gain the highest of any preamp - with a virtually unmatched level of tonal control. Of course, such a high degree of control demands an equally exceptional means of measurement. Which is where its unique, switchable VU meter comes in, with 5 fully independent types of VU response, permitting a huge measurement range far beyond conventional meters. Topping it all off is a high power, high performance electrical system designed to virtually eliminate clipping. And a simplified power supply incorporating a massive energy reserve to ensure enough power for high-level stages, and provide an unshakable foundation to the low frequency end of the audio spectrum.

The bottom line, Anything else is now officially obsolete.

The net result is a great sounding preamp, offering an unheard of degree of tonal control. Over 50 different tonal variations, in fact, designed to give you the best possible results from your entire mic collection without EQ or other signal-degrading devices.

And Vipre is digital compatible to ensure great analog sound throughout the foreseeable future, whatever formats become standard in the years to come.

Vipre. The new state-of-the-art in tube technology. Only from GT.

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