Two original vintage Neve 1066 mic pre / 3-band EQ modules, professionally racked.

These are genuine late 1960’s British-built Class A discrete modules pulled from an original Neve desk. Used for recording and mastering.

THE MODULES

Fully serviced, bench-tested, and operating, as they should. (See Ken McKim’s notes below)

• Class A discrete mic/line preamp, stepped gain switch (mic, line, and off positions)

• 3-band inductor EQ with stepped frequency selection

• Switchable high-pass filter

• EQ bypass (EQL) and polarity/phase switches per channel

•    High-pass filter points at 45, 70, 160, 360 Hz

•    Low EQ points: 35, 60, 100 220 Hz

•    Mid EQ points: 700 Hz, 1.2, 2.4, 3.6, 7 KHz

•    Separate mic and line inputs

•    Mic input attenuation from +10 to -80 dB in 5 dB increments

•    Line input attenuation from +10 to -20 dB in 5 dB increments

•    Hi/Lo impedance switch on rear of unit

THE RACK —

• Professionally Racked by Boutique Audio and Design – known for high-quality work with vintage Neve equipment. BA&D is one of the two or three racking houses serious studios actually trust.

• Internal power supply

• Switchable +48V phantom per channel

• Output level trim per channel

• Front-panel INST/LINE DI input per channel — plug a bass or guitar straight into a real Neve

• XLR mic/line I/O on rear

• Original Marinair Transformers – The heart of the legendary vintage Neve sound.

• Excellent Condition – Carefully maintained and preserved.

• Recently serviced and fully 100% functional.

• Detailed internal photographs are included to indicate the condition.

Terms

Due to the delicate nature of vintage electronic equipment, this item is sold as-is.

If you can pick it up from NYC vicinity you will get a rack case thrown in.

Ken Mckim Tech notes:


-       Cleaned all front panel switches
- Mid freq EQ selector switch on bottom unit frozen. Return to normal operation.

-       Change front panel "+48V" switch illumination to LED
   

-       - Outgoing analyzer measurements    

- Freq Response: 15 Hz to 35kHz

- Clip level: +25 dBu

- Distortion: 0.012% (mic), 0.009% (line)

- Noise: < -80 dBu (mic), - 85 dBu (line)

Transformer details: - Line transformer: Marinair 31267
- Mic transformer: Marinair 10468