CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA: boutique audio company Black Lion Audio is proud to announce availability of the B173 mkII and B12A mkIII \u2014 British-style (1073) and American-style (312A) portable preamps packed into convenient half-rack-sized units, respectively, allowing users to mix and match as they sonically see fit \u2014 as of October 1\u2026<\/p>\n
Simply speaking, Black Lion Audio\u2019s B173 mkII is the most portable 1073 \u2018British sound\u2019 around! As such, it uses the same Cinemag input and output transformers that are found in the company’s \u2018full-size\u2019 B173 Quad mic preamp to duly deliver a whopping 70dB of gain, alongside a revamped gain stage and a lower noise floor for a cleaner, lower distortion sound. Sonically, the front panel-positioned Hi-Z IN (high impedance input) brings a harmonically rich tone to guitars, keyboards, and synthesizers, while the stepped input 1073-style GAIN and variable OUTPUT LEVEL attenuation knobs allow for flawless control over transformer saturation. 48V phantom power and phase inverse controls round out the front panel with self-explanatory XLR IN (input) and TRS OUT (output) connections literally bringing up the rear.<\/p>\n
Representing the most portable 312A \u2018American sound\u2019 around, Black Lion Audio\u2019s B12A mkIII uses the same Cinemag input and output transformers that are found in the company\u2019s \u2018full-size\u2019 B12A Quad preamp to duly deliver a whopping 70dB of gain \u2014 just like its B173 mkII half-rack-sized sibling. Similarly, the front panel- positioned Hi-Z IN input also brings a harmonically rich tone to guitars, keyboards, and synthesizers, while the stepped 312A-style input GAIN control allows for perfect recall. Remaining on the front panel, there are also 48V phantom power and phase inverse controls, plus an 18dB PAD, while the B12A mkIII\u2019s rear panel-positioned XLR IN and TRS OUT connections mirror those found on the B173 mkII.<\/p>\n
The B173 mkII is available to purchase through Black Lion Audio\u2019s growing global network of dealers\/distributors (https:\/\/www.blacklionaudio.com\/dealers<\/a>) with a MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) of $449.00 USD and an SSP (Suggested Selling Price) of \u20ac449.00 EUR (including VAT). For more in-depth information, please visit its dedicated webpage here: https:\/\/www.blacklionaudio.com\/store\/products\/mic-pres\/b173-mk2\/<\/a><\/p>\n The B12A mkIII is available to purchase through Black Lion Audio\u2019s growing global network of dealers\/distributors (https:\/\/www.blacklionaudio.com\/dealers<\/a>) with a MAP of $399.00 USD and an SSP of \u20ac399.00 EUR (including VAT). For more in-depth information, please visit its dedicated webpage here: https:\/\/www.blacklionaudio.com\/store\/products\/mic-pres\/b12a-mk3\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA: boutique audio company Black Lion Audio is proud to announce availability of the B173 mkII and B12A mkIII \u2014 British-style (1073) and American-style (312A) portable preamps packed into convenient half-rack-sized units, respectively, allowing users to mix and match as they sonically see fit \u2014 as of October 1\u2026 Simply speaking, Black Lion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/b07c82734e74a5a5a5df7502f1033de04d478875.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestudiolounge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}