APA Juggernaut Twin Two Channel Microphone Preamp/DI Switchable Xfmrs - In Stock! | Atlas Pro Audio

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Grammy winning Producer/Mixer/Bassist John Spiker with his two Juggernaut Twins.
John owns two APA Juggernaut Twins in his LA studio. John is the bassist for Tenacious D, and has been recording and producing for years, he's a Grammy award winning engineer and artist.

"While on a nightly gear hunt years back I stumbled upon a mic pre I had never heard of before. Furthermore, a company I had never heard of before.

After a bit of research, it seemed like something I should check out - so I bought it sight unseen. I was immediately impressed with the Juggernaut before ever plugging it in. It felt simply indestructible. It felt like it was put together by someone who actually cared about what the hell they were doing.

In a studio full of vintage Neve and API preamps - the Juggernauts are still my first call pres for just about everything. Vocals with Jack Black and drum overheads with Brooks Wackerman using the iron transformers for Tenacious D (a recording which won a Grammy). Drum overheads with Ronnie Vannucci of the Killers for Robbie Williams. Vocals with Ozzy using the THD switch and nickel transformers (a recording which should have won a Grammy). Acoustic guitars with Beth Orton using a combination of both… the list goes on and on. They always serve as my DIs when tracking synths, and the fat switch is essential when I’m recording bass I have a pretty damn well outfitted studio here in LA, and those pre's are my number one for most everything.

I’m not usually one for gear with too many gimmicks or “features” - and at first glance, I thought this might be another one of those tweaky boxes that would take 20 minutes and a degree in astrophysics to get sound out of it. This is not that. Each knob and switch has the ability to turn the pre into something completely different - it’s a chameleon that can easily adapt to anything you throw its way.

-John Spiker

Producer/Mixer/Bassist

Tenacious D, Beck, John Carpenter, Lonely Island, Pete Yorn, Slash, Filter"

The Juggernaut Twin is a two channel 1RU (19" outboard rack unit) class A discrete, transformer switchable, impedance selectable microphone preamp. The Juggernaut Twin is an expanded version of the Juggernaut 500 preamp (please see all the basic details of the Juggernaut 500). If you are already familiar with the Juggernaut 500 read on, if not please take a moment to read about the Juggernaut 500 which has more details about the standard functions and tonal options that we have built upon to create the Juggernaut Twin.

The Juggernaut Twin is the ultimate in microphone preamps, the king of flexibility, the sultan of tone. It's the preamp you have been searching for your entire life, it IS just THAT awesome. It has even more features than its brother, the Juggernaut 500. The new added features have opened up even more possibilities for today's modern engineer. It is THE DESERT ISLAND PREAMP. We've provided more sonic choices than any other preamp on the market. The larger 1RU rack has allowed us to expand upon the design philosophy we established in the Juggernaut 500, which is versatility versatility versatility. With more physical space in the 19" outboard unit compared to the 500 series card format, it allowed us to give the end user more options. No longer will you need multiple preamps in order to get the right sounds for your recordings; you only need one, the only one that can give you the tones and textures of many....the Juggernaut.
What is the difference between the Juggernaut 500 and the Juggernaut Twin?

The Juggernaut Twin has all the style and flavor as the original Juggernaut 500 preamp plus these cool new additions...

Output transformers can now be switched via pushbutton on the front panel, allowing the user to access all 4 transformer combinations by simply pushing the input and output transformer buttons of your choice.

We have added dual outputs on balanced XLRs on the back of the Juggernaut Twin, something that can be very useful when recording in the studio or on location. We have also added +4 dbu line level inputs on XLRs, to send in your line level signals to fatten up or color your synths, stereo mixes, or individual tracks.

We've added a FAT switch which uses passive inductors/chokes; this gives you the ability to mellow out the high-mids and gently lift the low end to give that extra low end emphasis on key sources like drums, bass, vocals, etc.

And finally, we have provided the ability use the iron or nickel input transformer in the instrument DI path, you can still choose transformerless DI as well, this is selectable using the new Line to Mic switch via pushbutton on the front panel.

All of these new pushbutton features are incorporated into an intelligent and intuitive interface on the front panel.