The Chandler TG2 500 pre-amp is a recreation of the rare EMI TG12428 pre amp used in EMI/Abbey Road Studios recording and mastering consoles from the late 60s and early 70s. The sound of the EMI/Abbey Road Studios equipment is world renowned, and imparts a unique and pleasing sonic character as heard on many famous recordings done at Abbey Road including The Beatles' "Abbey Road" and Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" albums. For the first time ever, the legendary TG2 pre-amp sound is available in 500 Series format. The TG2-500 microphone pre-amplifier features the same discrete, transformer-balanced amplifiers as Chandler Limited's TG series: TG2 Pre Amp/DI, TG Channel MKII, and TG1 Limiter.

The main features of the TG2 500 include:

• Channels: Mono
• Circuit: Discrete, Transistor, Transformer Balanced I/O
• Total Gain: +60db
• Coarse Gain: +20db to +50db (stepped 5db)
• Fine Gain: -10db to +10db (continuous)
• Input: Mic/Line switchable
• Input Impedance: 1200/300 Ohm switchable
• Phantom Power: +48v switchable
• Phase: switchable
• I/O: 500 Series format (frame dependent)
• 500 Series format: +/-16v
• Max. current draw: +16v @ 110ma / -16v @ 80ma