This module is based very closely indeed on the original 1073 microphone preamplifier design, using exactly the same architecture, the same class-A circuitry, and even the same hand-wound input and output transformers. 1073LB Mic Preampīoth modules - the preamp with chunky transformers, and the EQ without - are built to a high standard. I'll discuss the EQ section more in a moment, but first let's look more closely at the 1073LB. Alternatively, each unit can be used entirely independently, and to that end the EQ module is equipped with its own electronically balanced I/O stages. These two Lunchbox modules are designed to be used together via a bespoke 'insert mode' configuration, which recreates the original signal path from the preamp's input stage, through the EQ and back to the preamp's output stage. The 1073LB is the preamp proper, accommodating the transformer input and output stages into one unit, while the 1073LB EQ contains the separated equaliser section. Consequently, AMS Neve has split the 1073's preamp and EQ sections into two separate but related Lunchbox modules. If you've ever seen inside an original 1073 channel module, you'll know that squeezing all that circuitry and the large transformers and inductors into an API 500-series Lunchbox module format just isn't physically possible. Its popularity is not lost on the current AMS Neve company, of course, and the same core design is still manufactured in four different formats, including the retrofit 1073 preamp/equaliser module, the 1073 DPD and 1073 DPA rackmount dual preamp, and the subject of this review - the new 1073LB version, intended for use in a 500-series 'Lunchbox' chassis, which provides the housing, power supply and I/O connectivity. The Neve 1073 channel module, designed back in the early 1970s, is probably the most revered and most copied preamp design on the planet, with countless replicas, 'homages' and repackaged versions to choose from. Neve's venerable 1073 preamp and equaliser are both now available in API's popular 'Lunchbox' format.
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