TG2-500 | TG2-500

TG2-500

Art.-Nr.: TG2-500

Chandler Limited has specialized in remaking and reintroducing classic equipment that is no longer available or never was. With their products' outstanding sound characteristics, Wade Goeke and his boutique company from Iowa (USA) has managed to build up a enthusiastic fanbase of engineers from all over the world within shortest time. The company's ultimate ambition is taking the legendary designs of Rupert Neve and Abbey Road and updating them for present day studio use and abuse. Starting from these classic and vintage designs Chandler Limited has further developed some of the basic circuitry and remodelled and adapted them to present you with some of the finest and most versatile products available on the market today. Like the Vintage equipment used to record the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and many other ground breaking bands, all Chandler equipment is strictly hand wired. In recent years Chandler products have been featured prominently in albums, movies, and even video games.

Overview

TG2 500 Series Preamp

Building upon the popularity of the company’s acclaimed TG2 Pre Amp / DI, the TG2-500 delivers the classic sound of the EMI TG12428 pre amp used in EMI/Abbey Road recording and mastering consoles in the late 60s and early 70s—in the company’s 500 series module form factor.

Using the identical TG2 circuit, transistors, and transformers, the TG2-500 delivers 10 – 60 dB of gain and uses a coarse gain control and a fine gain control as found on EMI consoles. The unit provides 300 and 1200 Ohm input impedance as on the TG2.

Equally important, the Chandler TG2-500 delivers frequency response identical to the TG2. Equally notable, the TG2-500 has the same high frequency bump and mid forward tone that users enjoy with the TG2, along with the warmth inducing distortion which contributes to its sound. The end result is a creamy, smooth tone with a surprisingly open, clear top end. The sound, as explained by many users, has the ‘warmth and punch’ of the Neve, but with a nicer, expanded top end.

Product Details

500 series modular preamp
Replication of the EMI TG12428 Preamp
Solid State design
Transformer balanced in- and outputs
Two Input Impedances (switchable)
Coarse and Fine gain control

Multiport Connector (500 series)

60dB (max), Coarse: +20db to +50db (stepped 5db), Fine: -10db to +10db (continuous)

Mic/Line switchable

1200/300 ohm

600 ohm

switchable

+48v

38 x 133 x 153 mm (1 spaces '500' rack)

500 series internal psu, +/- 16 V, +16v @ 110ma / -16v @ 80ma