Millennia Media HV3C Microphone Preamp

According to Gary Garritan of Garritan Orchestral Strings, "Millennia Media HV-3 is the preamp of choice. I own a number of high-end mic preamps and always reach for the HV-3 when recording orchestral samples."

Unlike "textbook" mic preamplifiers, the HV-3C signal path never unbalances or rebalances the original signal - thus maintaining a high degree of signal integrity. Over 20,000 channels of HV-3 micamps are already in use by a who's-who in critical acoustic recording.

Unlike preamps using vacuum tubes, IC function modules and audio transformers (all of which can lend their own audio coloration) the Millennia HV-3C is precisely optimized towards capturing the subtlest detail of music and ambience.

Specifications

• Gain: 8.5 dB min, 60 dB max
• Frequency Response: < 8 Hz – 300 kHz + (+0 / -3 dB)
• Noise: -133 dB EIN
• THD+N: < .001%, Typ. < .0005% (< 5 ppm)
• CMRR: > 65 dB, Typ > 85 dB
• Slew: > 25 V per microsecond
• Max Input: +23 dBu
• Max Output: +32 dBu
• Dimensions: 483 x 45 x 305mm, 6.8kg