Heritage Audio / HA73 X2 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 Stereo Microphone Preamplifier

The HA73X2 Elite is a dual-channel version of the popular HA73 Elite. It delivers twice the magic at less than double the cost, enhancing your production capabilities with the excellence of the Elite series.

The HA73X2 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 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.

The HA73X2 Elite is manufactured in the same Spanish facility as other Heritage Audio products and 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 and a fully discrete Class A high-pass filter ? you'll surely feel the vintage spirit in the HA73X2 Elite.

Featuring Carnhill input/output transformers and high-quality potentiometers and switches, the HA73X2 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.