Maag PREQ2-500 User Manual Download Page 5

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AIR BAND

®

 

Frequency selector for the AIR BAND. 

The shelf peaks are set at 2.5kHz, 

5kHz, 10kHz, 15kHz, 20kHz, and 

40kHz. 

FUNCTIONS & TECH SPECS

AIR GAIN

Gain control for the AIR BAND.

GAIN

Continuously variable GAIN knob 
control for the preamp.

SIGNAL

Green LED indicates audio 

signal presence.

AIR BAND

®

Engages the AIR BAND.

+25 GAIN

Increases the GAIN to 

a range of 42-71 dB.

-20 PAD 

Attenuates the mic signal  

(pre transformer) 

by –20 dB.

48v PHANTOM POWER

Supplies Phantom Power to mic.

HIGH PASS FILTER

Knee starts @ 160 Hz and is  
–3 dB @ 70 Hz.

PHASE REVERSE

Reverses the phase of the output 
relative to

 the input.

INSTRUMENT / MICROPHONE THRU

¼-inch unbalanced, isolated and 
boosted of a low impedance mic or 
the Instrument inputs.

PEAK

Red LED starts to illuminate when 
the output signal reaches 23 dBu.

INSTRUMENT INPUT 

¼-inch (1-meg-ohm) 

Instrument Input jack

•  Max Gain 71dB
•  Noise level at the lowest gain setting is  

-100dB. EIN is -128dB

•  Balanced XLR output headroom is +25dBu 
•  The microphone transformer feeds a differential  

set of front-end Class A discrete transistors paired 
with a FET input operational amplifier.  
 

•  High and low gain push button switch. Low range: 

+20dB to +42dB. High range (gain +25 switch with 
green LED): +42dB to +71dB. Switchable -20dB pad

•  +48-volt phantom power, switchable, with red LED. 

Phase reversal switch: switches the phase of the 
balanced output. 

•  Green signal present LED, red peak LED lights  

at +25dBu.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

TURN THE GAIN FULLY COUNTER- 

CLOCKWISE BEFORE ENGAGING

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