Grace Design m801mk2
8-channel rackmount mic preamplifier
Preamp$4,639Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Preamp
- Description
- 8-channel rackmount mic preamplifier
- Topology
- transimpedance (current feedback) gain stage, fully differential signal path
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 8
- Channel format
- 8ch analog
- Form factor
- rack
- Rack units
- 2U
- Power (W)
- 40
- Frequency response
- 3.2Hz-530kHz (+/-3dB); 14.8Hz-109kHz (+/-0.2dB) @ 20dB gain
- Country of manufacture
- USA (Lyons, Colorado)
- Phantom power
- 48V
Details
Controls: 24-position gold-contact rotary gain control per channel, +48V phantom, phase reverse, -20dB pad, ribbon mode
I/O: 8ch mic/line I/O (XLR); front-panel Hi-Z inputs implied by family design (not explicitly itemized in fetched content)
Notes: Price $4639 per Sweetwater (July 2026). Gain up to 64dB default mode / 74dB ribbon mode. Phantom +48V +0.9/-0.0V, 6.8kohm resistor match +/-0.1%. THD+N <0.0004% @20dB gain. Noise -130dB @60dB gain (50ohm). Weight 13lbs, dims 2U x19x10in. Successor to original Model 801 (mfg description: '20 years later' after the 1994 original, implying introduction circa mid-2010s -- not explicit, left year_intro blank per golden rule).