CRACAMDEN500

CA-CAMDEN500

Cranborne Audio

Record a variety of sources with the Cranborne Audio Camden 500, a 500-series microphone preamp with some serious Mojo, thanks to the two innovative color circuits that inject warmth, character, and that gooey, vintage vibe into any signal. Designed to be the cleanest and most transparent preamplifier available, the Camden 500 exhibits the theoretical limits of EIN, THD, phase shift, and frequency roll-off performance, resulting in audio playback that's open, natural, and intimate. Instruments sound like they're in the room next to you and drums sound tight and punchy.The Mojo circuit features two settings, Thump and Cream. Thump adds harmonics to the signal in the 20 to 100 Hz range resulting in a fuller low-end on smaller speakers. Cream behaves similarly to how valves and tubes impact the sound. It drastically increases harmonics and dynamically smooths-out the low mids for increased HF emphasis. Both circuits are controlled by the Mojo knob, allowing you to dial in the perfect amount of color for just-a-touch or full-on saturation.Key Features Fully discrete, transformerless design, featuring custom Camden preamp topologyOptimized for and fully compliant with the 500-series format, Camden 500 is not a 19 unit shoe-horned into a 500-series module, it has been designed from the ground-up to perform under the low-voltage power rails and supply current limitations of the 500-series format, whilst delivering groundbreaking performancePerforms at the near-theoretical limits of noise, distortion, and phase/frequency linearity at all gain settingsOptimized input impedance and input headroom for Mic, Line, and Hi-Z sourcesMic preamp, instrument DI, and thanks to Mojo line-level analog saturatorCustom Mojo analog saturation circuit with variable control, true bypass, and 2 discrete styles Thump and CreamReamp tracks from your DAW through Mojo to apply analog saturation to your stems, VST, and stereo mixesThump excites low-end content by boosting lower odd/even harmonics from a range of 160 to 20 Hz and belowCream boosts odd/even harmonics, whilst also reducing the amplitude of the fundamental frequencies and applying typical transformer-style transient tamingGold flashing on backplane contacts for increased conductivity and durabilityDesigned and engineered in the United KingdomPrecise, Clean, and Natural Camden 500 provides the utmost clarity and detail when it is most required. Its custom 'Camden' topology achieves stunning low-noise and low-distortion performance. It also sets a new standard for frequency and phase linearity. The sum result is the most natural sounding preamp you've ever heard.Vintage, Warm, and Colored Camden 500 features "Mojo", a custom analog saturation circuit that transforms Camden 500 into the fattest, warmest, and most colorful mic preamp in your arsenal. Designed to introduce harmonics and saturation effects that our favorite vintage gear produces, Mojo can be subtle, it can be exaggerated, but best of all, it can be bypassed.Impeccable Modern Clean Performance Designed from the ground up by the director of engineering, Edward Holmes, Camden 500 was created to be the ultimate recording front-end for the modern studios and withstand the rigors of modern workflow and production techniques. Designed to excel with any input source, Camden 500 features a completely original, custom-designed preamp topology that achieves stunning low-noise and low-distortion performance and frequency/phase linearity at any gain setting from unity to 68.5 dB.Stepped gain controlCamden 500 features a premium, 12-way switch gain control that applies up to 68.5 dB of clean, transparent preamp gain in 5.5 dB steps. This makes it easy to recall gain settings and easy to match the gain of two Camden 500's for stereo applications.Stereo matchedWith carefully selected modern components, any two Camden preamps are completely stereo matched to within 0.1 dB. Every Camden preamp also passes through a rigorous frequency response test at th