FAT PRICE DROP $100 - Fredenstein LOADED Bento 8 Pro Rack + 8x Artistic MicPre SE 500 Series

This offer is for a FULLY LOADED Fredenstein Bento Pro 8-slot 500-series 100% analog rack case PLUS a full set of Eight (8) Fredenstein Artistic MicPre SE 500-series preamp cards.

Scan the QR code in the photos to visit the Fredenstine audio web site. OWNERS MANUALs for the rack and preamp cards are available in PDF format on the product pages. PLEASE read through the information and be sure this setup is what you want to own before making a purchase.

FYI current combined pricing at Sweetwater is $1,581

BUY STORED and NEVER USED here on Reverb and SAVE BIG >>> OVER $300 OFF NEW!

Excellent clean as-new condition from a smoke and pet-free songwriters project studio. Never racked - originally purchased direct from Sweetwater in Ft Wayne IN as part of a proposed mobile project setup.

Never shipped - we picked everything up in person at the store. Every function on all the preamps and the rack itself was checked - it works and sounds fantastic! Since then it's all be maintained in clean dry temperature controlled indoor audio gear storage closet.

It's high time for someone cool and savvy to actually use this setup!

Sold as a package including the rack, Eight (8) 500-series preamp cards and a USA line cord plus the original shipping box and protective foam packing. We will NOT part out individual preamp cards or just the rack - everything must go as a set.

BENTO 8 PRO RACK:

The Fredenstein Bento 8 Pro features a complete linear power supply consisting of a mains transformer and linear regulators. This topology yields the cleanest power to your modules.

Usually linear power supplies can’t deliver high output currents, but Bento 8 outputs +/-16V DC 2A and +48V DC 0.25A, 500mA per slot, that’s ample power for the most demanding 500 series modules!
Another drawback of linear supplies is that they are prone to introduce hum magnetically from the mains transformer directly into input and output transformer inside modules, especially when plugged into the slot closest to the supply. Bento 8 Pro incorporates extensive magnetic shielding of the mains transformer to eliminate induced hum.

In addition, Bento 8 Pro features a monitoring section. A discrete stereo headphone amplifier, VU- meters, and independent slot output selection for L and R channel. If you want to listen to a mono signal, set both selectors to the same slot. The independent selectors give you complete freedom of selecting your source, the even allow to reverse the stereo field by selecting the left channel to the right slot and the left channel to the left slot. The left VU-meter is connected to the selected L slot and the right meter to the selected R slot.

The Bento 8 Pro is constructed of the highest grade components:
1.5mm (59 mil) Steel Chassis, Toroidal Mains Transformer with two built-in thermal fuses, Schottky diode rectification, all Nichicon electrolytic capacitors rated for 105°C(221°F), etc.

• 8-slot 500 Series rack with clean power topology
• High power: outputs ±6V DC 2A and +48V DC 0.25A, 500mA per slot
• Extensive mains transformer shielding to eliminate induced hum
• Constructed of the highest grade components
• 1.5mm (59 mil) steel chassis
• Toroidal mains transformer with two built-in thermal fuses
• High-quality Eichicon electrolytic capacitors
• 2 VU meters to monitor the output of any module (mono or stereo),
• 2 channel selectors to monitor stereo outputs or 2 mono outputs
• Discrete headphone amp with volume control to monitor selected outputs
• Modules can be daisy-chained by simply flipping switches on the back-panel
• Compressor modules can be linked by engaging switches on the rear panel
• Ground-lift switch

ARTISTIC MICPRE SE:

The Artistic microphone preamplifier is the first member of the Fredenstein Value Line of 500 series compatible products. The Artistic Pre SE features top of the line performance at a very affordable price. Key component to achieve this performance level is our fully discrete gain stage and DI input. As all Fredenstein products, it is not a copy of an older design, but a completely new circuitry manufactured in SMT technology.

A 2M Ohms high impedance direct input is located on the front-panel, it accepts balanced and unbalanced signals, the rear microphone input is automatically disconnected when a plug is inserted in the DI connector.
The features include a maximum gain of 65 dB, a 20 dB Pad, switchable polarity, low-cut filter, and Phantom-Power support. Our new eight LED Peak-Meter with a 50 dB range gives the user a precise reading of the operating conditions.
As all Fredenstein products, the Artistic Pre is designed by a German-American team and manufactured in Taiwan.

• 500 Series module
• Discrete operational amplifier OPA2
• High impedance 2 MOhm instrument input
• Switchable 48V phantom power
• -20dB Pad
• Low Cut at 120Hz
• Gain control GAIN from 20dB to 65 dB
• LED Display for output peak level (+20 dB) and signal
• LED Display for output level (>-30 dB)
• LED Display for colour function
• POL switch to invert the phase
• Design: 500 Series module