Heritage Audio / HA73 Elite

This microphone preamplifier recreates the vintage '73 preamplifier using modern manufacturing techniques. It retains key elements for achieving a true vintage sound, including a Carnhill transformer.

■Vintage NEVE-Style Microphone Preamplifier

The HA73 Elite is surprisingly affordable and manufactured to the same specifications as the popular 73JR, 73EQJR, and DMA73.

Heritage Audio leverages the extensive knowledge and technical expertise gained from its meticulously hand-soldered and hand-wired product line, while combining large-scale, efficient production with modern manufacturing methods to successfully reduce the high manufacturing costs associated with Western Europe. As a result, they are able to produce uncompromising, high-quality, and affordable models even in the ever-expanding entry-level market.

Of course, key elements for achieving a true vintage sound remain, including industry-standard Carnhill transformers hand-wound in St. Ives, England.

Manufactured in the same Spanish facility as other Heritage Audio products, the HA73 Elite delivers a classic sound with a rich, musical quality that is said to dramatically improve the sound of almost any source. Furthermore, it features the exact same excellent JFET DI circuit as the 73JR, along with a fully discrete Class A high-pass filter ? you'll surely feel the vintage spirit in this HA73 Elite.

Featuring Carnhill input/output transformers and high-quality potentiometers and switches, the HA73 Elite includes input gain, output trim, -20 dB pad, polarity inversion, high-pass filter, and +48V phantom power. Housed in a robust 1U British-made steel and aluminum chassis, it utilizes an external power supply for low-noise operation.