What we're going to do is go back... WAY back!
...back into time... to the early 1970s, when the recording
industry was starting to bloom with the new technology of solid
state. (Dig?)
Hit products were pumped out as fast as hit record--one after
another. There was a creative industry within the audio world.
It was, without question, a golden age. Some companies that
emerged during that period were Neve, API, and
Quad Eight. Although it's been decades, the benchmarks they set
are still held as industry standards today.
Little is known about Quad Eight, though many feel that they
were the best in their field. While debating is usually best
left to the history books, A-Designs took up the challenge to
take a closer look into the past and decide on its own.
With much research, interviews, and listening, we came up with a
product that we feel needs to see the light of day again. With
Quad Eight Ventura, Coronado and Pacifica console preamplifiers
for reference, we closely examined the design and composition of
the heart and soul in the consoles of these great pieces. After
much design, A/Bing, and beta testing, the result is a solid
state, single space, rack mounted, microphone pre amplifier from
the "glory days."
Cloning being what it is (same old same old), we decided to
head outside the box and make the tribute something other than the legacy. We added our own touch to bring it to present
day applications of the recording world.
And so the new A-Designs PACIFICA was born.
Our thanks go out to Tom and Dave at CineMag for the great work on the transformers. www.cinemag.biz
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