The Auteur Quad is the four-channel rack version of the popular Auteur MK2 preamplifier from Black Lion Audio . The microphone preamp has become an indispensable part of various studios for many years and is known for its fast, transparent, IC-based front end and at the same time offers a fat, colorful back end via Edcor transformers. This mixture of Vintage and modern design has led the Auteur to become known as the "Swiss Army Knife of Preamplifiers", which always sounds good with every signal. It seems especially suited to sources that require detail, but also benefit from a certain thickness such as drums or vocals. Some of the most important additions to the 2-channel half rack unit are the completely new measuring devices on all four channels and the use of the popular 500 series DI circuit on the first two channels. This feature set as well as the number of channels offer you one of the cheapest preamps in the world at an incredible price.

Black Lion Audio Auteur Quad Overview of the

• 4 Channel Microphone Preamp
• Rack-mount version (19"), 1U
• Vintage & Modern Circuit Design

Mic Section

• Max. Microphone Input Level: +1dBu
• Input Impedance: 6000Ω
• Pad: 10dBu
• Gain (without pad): +14dB to +65dB
• Equivalent Input Noise (noise floor): -108dBu
• THD +N (@ +4dBu Output):
• .0033% @ +10dBu Gain
• .0054% @ +24dBu Gain
• .0112% @ +32dBu Gain
• .027% @ +40dBu Gain
• .078% @ +50dBu Gain
• .21% @ +62dBu Gain
• Bandwidth (1kHz, 150Ω source, unweighted): 10Hz to 30kHz

D.I. Section

• Max D.I. Input Level: +18dBu
• Input Impedance, Balanced: 2.2MΩ
• Input Impedance, Unbalanced: 1.1MΩ
• Pad: 13dBu
• Gain: +14dB to +65dB
• Equivalent Input Noise (noise floor): -82dB
• THD +N (@ +4dBu output ):
• .007% @ +12dBu
• .11% @ +40dBu
• Bandwidth (1kHz, 600Ω unbalanced source, unweighted): 10Hz to 30kHz

output section

• Max Output Level: +26dBu
• Output Impedance: 600Ω