SERIOUS ABOUT SOUND

DACS Clarity MicAmp

A useful site called the The Listening Sessions is dedicated to documenting the sonic characteristics of pre-amplifiers. Please visit it for a third party opinion of the MicAmp (they described it as hyper transparent at the bottom of the graph).

Winner of 1998 SSAIRA for Outboard Pre-amplifiers voted for by readers of Studio Sound

"Does it sound good?" The answer in tests has been an unequivocal "YES!"

• 2 channel discrete-component-based microphone amplifier

• Ultra low noise, ultra low distortion

• Transparent sound

• Gain settings in 6dB steps, from +20dB to +62dB, with a 0dB to 10dB trim control

• Separate non-Phantom Power input coupled directly to gain stage for dynamic and valve mics

• Flat frequency response from below 20Hz to above 48kHz

• Tri-segment LED display for clear metering

Easy to set up and use, the DACS Clarity MicAmp produces an extraordinarily clear, uncoloured, detailed and complete sound for recording everything from voice and acoustic instruments to overheads on drums, with bomb proof input stage and optional in line pad. Users universally describe it as one of the finest microphone amplifiers in the world.

Hugh Robjohns from Sound On Sound said:
“...eerily silent background, and the astonishing level of detail that this unit produces...given a good microphone, every nuance of the original sound source is faithfully captured and amplified...It’s simply stunning!”

One user from Norway commented:
“...I haven't been so satisfied with a purchase since I got my first car!!!...it makes all of my other micpreamps sound like they are going through a dozen pairs of panty hose.”

One studio recording engineer commented:
"...there's only one of my collection of microphone pre-amplifiers that is on a par with it, and that is no longer manufactured."