{"product_id":"mercury-m72s-mkiv","title":"Mercury M72s MKIV","description":"\u003cdiv lang=\"en\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMercury M72s MKIV\u003c\/strong\u003e is a two-channel tube microphone preamplifier built around the Telefunken\/Siemens V72s module circuit — the amplifiers that stood in German broadcast houses and recording studios through the fifties and sixties. Mercury rebuilds that topology and adds what the original never had: DI, pad and phantom power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCharacter you cannot add with a plugin\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe V72 is not transparent and was never meant to be. Tube gain through a transformer gives a dense midrange and a soft rounding of peaks — the layer people later try to recreate with saturation, usually without success. On vocals and on snare you hear it from the first take, because it happens while tracking rather than afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo channels is the minimum, not a luxury\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo paths let you track a pair of overheads, a stereo piano, or vocal and guitar at once with the same character. The DI input runs bass and guitar through the same tube stage, and the pad prepares the preamp for loud sources that would defeat a sensitive condenser on another chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo channels of tube microphone preamplification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCircuit based on Telefunken\/Siemens V72s modules\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstrument DI input\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePad for working with loud sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhantom power for condenser microphones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigned and built by Mercury Recording Equipment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: tube microphone preamplifier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChannels: 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReference circuit: Telefunken\/Siemens V72s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInputs: microphone and instrument DI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFunctions: pad, phantom power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevision: MKIV\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mercury Recording Equipment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54828325667153,"sku":"60899","price":5999.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/8741\/0769\/files\/eu-mercury-m72s-mkiv-1.jpg?v=1788991611","url":"https:\/\/wrdtunes.com\/products\/mercury-m72s-mkiv","provider":"Wired Tunes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}