The freshly redesigned m201mk2 provides a full serving of Grace Design's unique brand of audio performance. It delivers massive headroom, ultra-wide bandwidth and a very open, musical character.

The fully balanced signal path has been refined, resulting in incredible dynamic range. A new power supply design provides the lowest noise performance we have ever achieved. This all means the new m201mk2 will translate a sonic picture of astonishing clarity and detail, which captures the essential character of the music being recorded.

Changes over the previous design find the m201mk2 more essential and a bit more paired down. We have eliminated the A/D option as this is functionality is now best served buy our current m108 8 channel mic preamp A/D. We have eliminated the M+S matrix and a few other functions to really focused on making the finest, purist style 2 channel mic preamp we can.

These refinements also serve to bring the price down to where even more recording engineers can now afford Grace Design flagship mic preamp performance.

Key Features:

• Extracts maximum performance from every mic in your locker
• Proprietary Ribbon Mode optimizes ribbon mic performance
• Enormous headroom, ultra-wide bandwidth:
  • 3.2Hz–530kHz (± 3dB, 150Ω source, 20dB gain)
  • 14.8Hz–109kHz ( ± 0.2dB, 150Ω source, 20dB gain)
  • 3.2Hz–500kHz (± 3dB, 150Ω source, 40dB gain)
  • 15.4Hz–103kHz ( 0.2dB, 150Ω source, 40dB gain)
• Ultra-low harmonic distortion (THD+NP):
  • At 20dB gain +20dBu out, 1kHz: <.0008%
  • At 40dB gain +20dBu out, 1kHz: <.0009%
  • At 60dB gain +20dBu out, 1kHz: <.0070%
• Ultra-low Intermodulation distortion:
  • SMPTE/DIN 1:1 (50Hz, 7kHz): <.0007%
  • SMPTE/DIN 4:1 (50Hz, 7kHz): <.009%
• Noise (referred to input):
  • At 60dB gain, 50Ω source 22-22kHz: -130dB
  • At 60dB gain, 150Ω source 22-22kHz: -127dB
• Phase deviation:
  • At 40dB gain 40Ω source 75Hz-45kHz: <3°
• Crosstalk:
  • Any Channel @40dB gain, 1kHz: -140dB
  • Any Channel @40dB gain, 10kHz: -130dB
• CMMR:
  • At 60dB gain, 3.5Vcm, 1KHz: >85dB
  • At 60dB gain, 3.5Vcm, 10KHz: >75dB
• Switchable phantom power:
  • Voltage +48V: ±1.0V
  • 6.8kΩ resistor match tolerance: ±0.1%
• Maximum Output Level: 1kHz, 100KΩ load: +28dBu
• Impedance:
  • Input Nominal: 8100Ω
  • Input Ribbon Mode: 20KΩ
  • Input Pad Engaged: 1.3KΩ
  • Output: 150Ω
• Power Consumption
  • 100-240VAC 50/60Hz: 10 Watts max
• Polarity invert; 20dB pad
• Rear-panel, per-channel I/O: 1 XLR Mic input, 2 XLR line outputs
• 1U 19" rackmount chassis

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