Hacienda Labs 169

Hacienda Labs 169 is a pre-amp for the 500 series, manufactured by Hacienda Labs.

History
The Hacienda Labs 169 was released in 2016.

Official description
HL169

Based on the rigorous Switzerland brand vintage mic pre, HL169 was developed in close collaboration between the picky sound engineers and electronicians from Les Studios de l'Hacienda (France).

"We need a clear and warm preamp that can become fat and fit all types of mics perfectly, including ribbon" This challenge eventually led us to combine the precision of input Studer (Neutrik transformer and discrete circuit) with the beautiful Neve presence and output power (Carnhill output transformer inside). The result is explosive! Incorporating a smooth and finely adjustable low-cut, the HL169 preamp serves the musicality and intent of your takes and a complete mastery of recording levels through the attenuation potentiometer. Need to use extreme wide saturation of the HL169 without saturating the input of your recorder on a snare drum for example? It's possible ! Add to that an instrument input (Hi-Z), a pad (-30dB), a precision gain control (two available levels, 67dB in all) and you have the Swiss Army knife preamp. Precision, musicality, versatility and character were the key words to develop the HL169.

Technical specification:


 * Format : 500 series chassis, compatible API
 * Max gain: 67dB
 * Pad: -30dB
 * Output attenuation: 0dB / -30dB Max
 * Phantom power +48V
 * Inverseur de phase
 * Discret HPF from 20Hz to 315Hz
 * Input transformer: Neutrik NTM-4
 * Output transformer: Carnhill VT2499
 * Mic Z input: 1K2 ohm
 * Hi Z input: 1M ohm