RFZ V741 microphone preamp solid state succ. of Lorenz RFT V241 for Neumann U47 U67 U87 AKG C12 ELAM 251 etc. etc.

Item is as it comes from the german broadcast (DDR, GDR).

It is currently untested. Due to time constrains I cannot test the item.

RFZ V741 mic-preamp cassette, module from old rare vintage mixing desk broadcast DDR (Stasi, Trabbi etc pp.)

figuratively speaking 10 times as rare as a Siemens V276 ... and some like the V741 even better. The RFZ transformer are unmatched. They sound absolute fantastic, organic natural. RFZ gear has been developed not only with measuring equipment, but with the judge of a listening group. People that worked for the RFZ and had been sent to classical concerts regularly. This is unique and had (to my knowledge) not been done by any wester-german manufacturer like Siemens, Telefunken, Neumann, TAB and others. Just to name a few.

This V741 line/microphone-preamp has been developed by the R F Z ( Central Bureau of Radio and Television,

Berlin) in east germany. This was a broadcast ( research ) authority of the GDR. The developments were concentrated and one of the highest priority in the GDR.

Some more background info for you:

More than enough money, time and highly skilled engineers and technician were available. Patent law was not an issue. The RFZ developed most things by themselves, but also were interested in western-german developements. Adopted them and sometimes even improved them by an even more clever and to the point approach. Due to the production of LP's (AMIGA= Pop etc., ETERNA=Classical) which was a renommé object of the GDR, the highest claim was to reproduce music as truthful and natural sounding as possible. It was not enough to do all the measurements while developing for example a preamp. They even had a listening group which consisted of people, with skilled ears, trained by constant visits of classical concerts.

The RFZ is famous for their amazing quality mixing desks of the 700-series (see V781, V713, W734 etc). Those preamps are known as absolutely fantastic sounding but they are very rare. Not much of them were made as they have been produced for professional purposes only and were very expensive (the price for a pair of KV80 preamps was higher than the average monthly income of a gdr worker at that time). With the 800-series (KV800, KV80, FB80 etc.) the RFZ fullfilled the need for more compact format consoles while maintaining the audiophile qualities or even exceed them.

Sold from a private person. This is untested vintage gear coming from the eastern german RFZ broadcast.

Untested due to time constraints.