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Issue 5, April 1994

Mic-PreEminence User Guide

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Studio Technologies, Inc.

Appendices

Appendix A

Specifications

Mounting
One space in a standard 19-inch (48.3cm) rack

AC Mains Requirements
115Vac or 230Vac, 

±

10%, switch selectable,

50/60Hz, 10 watts

Fuse
0.5A 115V, 0.25A 230V; units shipped to North
America use 3AG type, units shipped outside North
America use 5x20mm type

Number of Preamplifier Channels
2

Connectors
Microphone Inputs: XLR-type female, pin 2 high

Balanced Outputs: XLR-type male, pin 2 high

Unbalanced Outputs: ¼-inch, 2-conductor phone
jack

AC Mains: standard 3-blade plug, meets IEC 320
specifications

Microphone Inputs Type
Electronically balanced, capacitor coupled

Phantom Power
48

±

0.1Vdc, current limited via 6.81k ohm feed

resistors, on/off individually switchable for each
channel

Input Impedance
7.8k ohms

Noise
–69.5dB at 60dB Gain (i.e. –129.5dB EIN, which is
one dB above theoretical minimum) –103dB at 30dB
Gain (20Hz to 20kHz bandwidth, 150 ohm resistor
on input)

Frequency Response
+0/–1.5dB, 20Hz to 60kHz, 40dB Gain
+0/–0.5dB, 10Hz to 90kHz, 68dB Gain

Gain Range
+12 to +68dB, related to balanced output

Slew Rate
20V/usec

Distortion (THD)
0.0020%, 20Hz to 20kHz, 30dB Gain

Input to Output Phase Shift
9 degrees maximum, 20Hz to 20kHz

Input Common Mode Rejection
70dB, 20Hz to 20kHz, 30dB Gain

Balanced Outputs Type
Electronically balanced

Output Impedance: approximately 100 ohms

Output Level at Clipping (0dBu=0.7746V):
+30dBu into 10k ohms Balanced
+29dBu into 600 ohms Balanced

Unbalanced Outputs Type
Electronic

Nominal Output Level (0dBv=1V): –10dBv (techni-
cally the unbalanced output is set to be 11.8dBu
below the nominal balanced output of +4dBu)

Output Impedance: approximately 200 ohms

Output Level at Clipping (0dBv=1V): 16dBv into
10k ohms

Intended Load to Unbalanced Output: the
unbalanced outputs are intended to be connected
to loads of 10k ohms or greater

Dimensions (Overall)
19.00 inches wide (48.3cm)
1.75 inches high (4.5cm)
7.00 inches deep (17.78cm)

Weight
4.2 pounds (1.9kg)

Specifications and information contained in this user
guide subject to change without notice.

Summary of Contents for Mic-PreEminence

Page 1: ...PreEminence Microphone Preamplifier Issue 5 April 1994 1994 Studio Technologies Inc 5520 West Touhy Avenue Skokie Illinois 60077 U S A Telephone 847 676 9177 Fax 847 982 0747 www studio tech com 5010...

Page 2: ...nstallation 7 Operation 8 Technical Notes 10 Circuit Description 11 Troubleshooting 13 Appendices Appendix A Specifications 16 Appendix B Enabling the Output Coupling Capacitors 17 Appendix C Replacin...

Page 3: ...bal anced outputs use monaural inch 2 conductor jacks tip and sleeve and have a nominal output level of 10dBv Connect your selected Mic Pre Emi nence line outputs to the line inputs of the next device...

Page 4: ...rior high performance circuits not found in other audio equipment By building a dedicated microphone preamplifier we were not hampered by the cost restrictions that console manufacturers have We think...

Page 5: ...pment Connecting the Unit to Power The Mic PreEminence may be operated from mains power of either nominal 115Vac or 230Vac 50 60Hz Units shipped to North America are factory selected for 115V operatio...

Page 6: ...ntains a phantom power switch When this switch is in the ON position 48Vdc is applied via 6 81k ohm resistors to pins 2 and 3 of the associated microphone input connector This 48Vdc power should allow...

Page 7: ...t level and the gain selected by the gain control In the likely case of wanting an average output level of 4dBu you would have 26dB of headroom The gain control is really intended to match the input l...

Page 8: ...ut Capacitors The microphone input is capacitor coupled to the input stage to block phantom power that may have been selected The 100uf electrolytic capacitors used in this location are a low leakage...

Page 9: ...sion circuitry We want as little done to the input signal as is required It is possible to implement a low pass filter by adding inductors in series with the input signal Only if there is an RF proble...

Page 10: ...noise A transistor array package feeds two high slew rate opera tional amplifiers in a non differential configu ration The input is capacitor coupled to block the 48Vdc phantom power that may be pres...

Page 11: ...The following procedures must be performed by a qualified technician Operating the Mic PreEminence with the top and or bottom cover removed ex poses the technician to points in the power input sectio...

Page 12: ...pots serve a dual function setting the input common mode rejection and the output circuit level bal ance From now on we will refer to this procedure as setting the CMR common mode rejection Input com...

Page 13: ...traces The two AC voltage levels should be equal within 20 percent of each other This step confirms that the output is bal anced If not go back to step 3 and again perform the CMR adjustment 11 Connec...

Page 14: ...0kHz bandwidth 150 ohm resistor on input Frequency Response 0 1 5dB 20Hz to 60kHz 40dB Gain 0 0 5dB 10Hz to 90kHz 68dB Gain Gain Range 12 to 68dB related to balanced output Slew Rate 20V usec Distorti...

Page 15: ...start with the letter R followed by a number Two ID numbers are found for each output channel 4 Carefully cut out the appropriate 0 ohm resistor jumper wire s with diagonal cutting pliers 5 Return the...

Page 16: ...s are about the size of watt resis tors they are very easy to handle and install The following procedures must be performed by a qualified technician Operating the Mic PreEminence with the top and or...

Page 17: ...es Inc replaced at no charge provided that the product is re turned shipping prepaid to the manufac turer Information on obtaining service is available by contacting the dealer from whom the product w...

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