Offering a unique hybrid design with both vintage and modern circuits, the DP2 Preamp from TK Audio presents an excellent value for the professional or home studio. Capable of delivering the tones of everything from the '60s through to the '90s, the DP2 sports two selectable output stages: an electronically balanced stage for clean, transparent amplification, and a vintage-style transformer-balanced Class-A stage for a warm, fat, and punchy sound with plenty of coloring.
With up to 80 dB of clean gain, its easy to drive any mic, including low-output ribbon microphones. You get plenty of onboard sound-sculpting controls, including a sweepable high-pass filter from 30 to 500 Hz, and a selectable germanium circuit for extra '60s-style crunch and harmonics. With two complete preamp modules based around the SP501, you can process a single stereo or two mono signals with ease, and you also get front-panel Hi-Z inputs for instruments like guitars, basses, and synthesizers. The Swedish-made Lundahl input and discrete Carnhill output transformers ensure high-quality audio and the ability to take your signal from British thickness to modern clarity with the simple turn of a knob.