Datasheet
Alice 501
PROFESSIONAL MICROPHONE Pre AMPLIFIER
What’s so special about the Alice 501 mic amp? Well, quite a lot!
Yes, it does the job of matching a whole range of studio microphones
to your mixer or digital work-staon, but it does it in brilliant ways
without any compromise; no corners cut to get the right sound.
First, it has a proper transformer input. I don’t have the me to give a
lecture on transient signal handling and how transformers are so
useful as not only a voltage barrier, but also for out-of-band signal
protecon. It’s enough to say that the transformer gives a match to the
microphone that’s superior to regular mic amps.
Next the mic amplier itself. This is a discrete specially designed
amplier produced by Alice. It’s brilliantly stable and has excellent gain
range, it’s almost impossible to overload so it does not need an
overload indicator. The gain control gives plenty of range to use all mic
types from ribbon mics up to studio condenser types.
To retain best possible quality of the audio, the output goes through
another transformer, this gives you isolated balanced output and
perfect matching to any line level input.
The front panel has switching for phantom power, a rotary gain control
and a phase switch which changes the polarity of the audio from
posive to negave.
There’s an ‘HPF’ (High Pass Filter) switch which lets you reduce the low frequency content
of the output to minimise oor rumble, and an LED meter array to give accurate indicaon
of the peaks of audio.
How does it sound? Smooth, clean, and easy to listen to, in short, it’s a lovely lile mic amp!