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Millennia HV-35 500 Series Microphone Preamp

500 Series Format 1-channel Microphone Preamplifier
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Amazing Millennia Preamp for Your 500 Series Rack

Add the unrivaled sound quality of a genuine Millennia preamp in your 500 series rack, with the Millennia HV-35. Perfect for low-gain dynamic microphones such as ribbon mic, the HV-35 delivers up to 75dB of freakishly noise-free gain. A front-panel instrument input also makes the HV-35 a fantastic pre for tracking bass direct, particularly instruments with high-character/low-gain passive pickups. Other onboard functions, such as an 80Hz highpass filter and a 15dB pad add extra versatility to the HV-35, and an impressive sub-3Hz to over-300kHz frequency response ensures that no nuances, however subtle, are lost in translation.

Millennia HV-35 500-series-format Microphone Preamplifier Features at a Glance:
  • API 500 series compatible format single-channel microphone preamplifier
  • Continuously variable gain control (up to +65dB)
  • 10dB gain boost setting for DC-coupled ribbon mics (for up to +75dB of gain total)
  • Front panel instrument input
  • 80Hz highpass filter
  • 48V phantom power
  • Switchable 15dB pad
  • Polarity flip switch
  • Minimum Gain:8.5dB
  • Maximum Gain: 75dB
  • Frequency Response:+0 / -3dB, sub 3Hz to beyond 300kHz
  • Noise: 60dB Gain, 10Hz-30kHz, Inputs common -133dB EIN
  • Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (35dB Gain, 10Hz-20kHz bandwidth, +27dBu Out): < .001%, Typ. < .0005% (< 5 ppm)
  • Intermodulation Distortion ((50Hz & 7kHz) 35dB Gain, +27 dBu Out): < .0009%
  • Phase Response (35dB Gain, 50Hz-20kHz bandwidth, +27 dBu Out): < 2 degrees deviation
  • Common Mode Rejection Ratio (35dB Gain, 10Hz-20kHz bandwidth, 100 mV C.M.): > 65dB, Typ > 85dB
  • Slew Rate (35dB Gain, +27dBu Out): > 25V per microsecond
  • Maximum Input Level (20Hz-40kHz): +23dBu (no attenuator pads required)
  • Maximum Output Level (20Hz-40kHz): +32dBu
  • Phantom Input Impedance (1kHz): 2,210 ohms
  • Output Impedance: 24.3 ohms (x2)
  • Phantom Powering: +48V DC, (+/-2V DC)
  • Dimensions: 1.5" W x 5.25" H x 6" D
  • Shipping weight: 3 lbs.
Add the sound of an incredible Millennia pre to your 500 series rack, with the Millennia HV-35 microphone preamplifier!

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Tech Specs

  • Preamp Type: Solid State
  • Number of Channels: 1
  • Frequency Response: 10Hz-200kHz (-3dB)
  • Phantom Power: Yes
  • Pads: -15dB
  • Polarity Switch: Yes
  • EQ: 80Hz Highpass Filter
  • Analog Inputs: 1 x 1/4" (Hi-Z)
  • Module Slot Size: Single
  • Power Usage: ±16V DC, 75mA (with phantom power)
  • Manufacturer Part Number: HV-35

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Rated 5/5

Absolute Perfection

These are the best preamps I've ever used - I've personally owned API and Neve in the past, and have also used Chandler. I record a lot of delicate felt piano and analog synths and the clarity of these preamps is insane. My piano has never sounded better. The frequency response is very natural and sounds like what your ears hear. I'm also using Schoeps Mk4's and it is the absolute perfect pairing!
Music background: Composer
Rated 5/5

Worth the investment

It"s my third pre and I wish it was my first.

Using: a Fredstein bento 6, a Focusrite 18i20 and every mic in my collection.
It"s a remarkably transparent and very reliable preamp. With a 48v boost, I have turned the gain past 12 o clock (starts near 6 o clock) and still have found zero signal noise. Even if my signal clips, the device handles dynamics with nearly no audible distortion. It has lived up to its prestigious reputation for my works in:
Guitar
Singing
Percussion
V/O
Foley

Great for intimate/ live in person feeling recordings.
Music background: Sound Designer, Composer, Recording Engineer
Rated 5/5

This!

Have a bunch of preamps, Neve 1073lb, API 512c, Avedis MA5, 6176....

Been looking for a clean pre to round out the sonic options and I finally found it. Had a Grace m101 and just could not make myself like it no matter how hard I tried. It was just TOO perfect and... glassy.... for my taste.

Hooked up this bad boy today and there IT is. To my ears, what I have been looking for in a clean pre. Can't wait to really put it through the paces but I can already tell I am going to love it. There is just a smidge of buttery warmth, almost inaudible but it's there, to go along with clean signal with a bunch of headroom. The search is over.
Music background: Studio owner, producer, songwriter
Rated 5/5

By Far My Favorite PreAmp

As an Engineer and a Hip-Hop artist the Millennia is my go to preamp of choice, its clarity is head and shoulders above anything else, and in my experience it shines on vocals. I've had experience with the Avalon, Neve 1073, and SSL pre's... and the clarity and resolution of the millennia works every time.
Music background: Recording Engineer, Recording Artist
Rated 5/5

refreshingly refreshing

I have to say i did not expect this preamp to be this impressive, i also have the API512c, neve1073lb and ua610-2 but the Millennia takes front seat right now... I recorded acoustic guitar and was really impressed, it sounded open, wide and articulate... But not until i recorded an upright piano with them that i was blown away..... wide open sound, tight low end... It just sat perfectly in the mix... awesome!!

I highly recommend it... Get a pair and you won't regret it i promise!!!
Music background: Musician, producer, engineer, mixer
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