Grace Design m802

The m802 is not just in a class of its own, it is an entirely different species. Arguably the worlds most evolved mic preamplifier, the m802 delivers functionality and performance which simply does not exist in any other mic amp design.

The core is a high fidelity 8 channel microphone preamplifier designed to be extremely transparent and musical. Then the fun begins. The m802 is fully remote controllable. With our full featured stand alone hardware RCU, up to 64 channels (a system of 8 m802s) can be addressed and controlled seamlessly from up to 1000 away. All preamplifier functions, including gain, phase, 48V phantom are instantly accessible and adjustable. These settings can then all be stored into preset locations and instantly recalled.

        FEATURES

• fast, musical transimpedance amplifier architecture
• fully balanced, transformeless design
• flexible digital metering with peak hold and reset
• controllable from Digidesign ProTools|HD systems and compatible control surfaces (and many other MIDI devices)
• 130V phantom power available, per channel pair, for DPA microphones
• dual high-current outputs (XLR+D-Sub) drive long cable runs and loads down to 50 Ohms
• fast, efficient Philips I2C serial protocol to control preamplifiers from up to 1000 feet away
• gain range of -7dB to +63dB in 1.5 dB steps
• new selectable ribbon mic mode
• channel group mode (perfect for stereo pairs, subgroups)
• RCU able to address up to 8 units (64 channels) from up to 1000 feet away
• front panel lockout mode
• large white backlit LCD display
• 15 User preset memory locations, for saving preamplifier settings (gain, phantom power, phase)
• A/D outputs include 2x8ch AES3 on DB25, 1x8ch AES3-id on 4 BNC connectors (supports double wire mode)
• optional ADAT Lightpipe output with SMUX for 96kHz
• s-LockTM dual stage PLL for extremely low jitter without sample rate conversion
• wordclock in and out