New York, NY (October 18, 2018)—At the AES Convention, Useful Arts Audio has released its new SFP-30 microphone preamplifier, which aims to harken back to the time-honored preamps of the 1960s without being a clone of them per se.
Instead, the SFP-30 aims to replicate the sound of Useful Arts Audio’s SFP-60 tube microphone preamp, but at a lower price. Inside the tabletop design is a one-channel Class-A mic tube preamp with a variable control for second-order harmonic distortion.
Peter Swann, founder of Useful Arts Audio, designed the SFP-30 with different gain stages to utilize the tubes for accentuating harmonics. As a result, the preamp includes a ‘Color’ control provides “artistic” distortion.
The SFP-30 also uses a massive inductor, providing a reported maximum headroom of more than 55 dB of useable gain.
The SFP-30 runs $1299 MAP.
Useful Arts Audio • www.usefulartsaudio.com
Wave Distro (distributor) • www.wavedistro.com
