


The AEA Ribbon Mic Preamplifier is an ultra high-gain and impedance, minimal-path FET mic pre designed by Fred Forssell. This low-noise two-channel preamp is for ribbon, moving coil, and tube microphones that do not use or want phantom power. This allows for improvements in minimal path circuitry and also rids the unit of phantom-power blocking capacitors. Zener diodes on the input protect the input stage if external phantom power is applied.
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User Shout-outs
"Love the classic, punchy, in-your-face sound of these and I look forward to using them for years."
– Robert Howe
"The Ribbon Preamp is amazing, sounds so wonderful paired with my R84."
– Joe Sheairs
"It was exceptionally smooth, surprisingly quiet and the stereo imaging was impressive."
– Stan Cyprys
"Quiet, clean, quiet, great gobs of gain, quiet – did I mention quiet?"
– Robert Sterns
"The pre is amazing, an excellent idea, and a great value."
– Todd Sager