Maag Audio PREQ2-500
500-Series Mic Preamp + Air Band EQ
Channel Strip$1,095Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Channel Strip
- Description
- 500-Series Mic Preamp + Air Band EQ
- Topology
- solid-state, Air Band
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- 500-series module
- Connection
- 500-series (API 500VPR / 500-6B lunchbox compatible)
- Powered
- 500-series rack/chassis-supplied power (voltage not stated on product page)
- Introduced
- 2023
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: Single continuously variable gain knob; high/low gain range selector switch; +48V phantom power (switchable) w/red LED; -20dB attenuation pad; 70Hz high-pass filter (2nd order, 12dB/oct); phase/polarity reverse switch; Air Band EQ (2.5,5,10,20,40kHz, up to 9dB boost) w/on-off switch; green signal-present LED, red peak LED, red phantom LED, green gain-boost LED
I/O: XLR balanced mic input; 1/4in instrument input (1M ohm); 1/4in thru/output jack (unbalanced, isolated, boosted); balanced XLR output
Notable use: Single-channel 500-series version of the PREQ2 Class-A transformer-coupled preamp/EQ circuit; max gain 71dB
Notes: 500-series single-channel module version of the PREQ2 circuit — see PREQ2 (1U, dual-channel rack unit, same preamp/EQ circuit family), listed as a separate SKU per instructions. device_class 'Channel Strip' is a FLAGGED JUDGMENT CALL (see PREQ4-500 notes — preamp + Air Band EQ). year_intro '2023' is a FLAGGED INFERENCE from a Gearspace thread titled 'AES 23: Mäag Audio Unveils the PREQ2-500...' (AES 2023 show) — not confirmed on maag.audio's own product page. Headroom +25dBu, peak LED at +25dBu, per product page (frequency_response and impedance not explicitly stated on page, left blank). Price ($1,095) is dealer street price from Perfect Circuit (searched Apr 2026), not listed on maag.audio. country_of_manufacture 'USA' inferred (see EQ4M notes).