Here at Sweetwater, we’ve been big fans of the mic preamps from Grace Design for quite a while. One of the company’s best sellers has been the Model 801 8-channel mic preamp, which has become a highly prized staple in the music recording, film scoring, and live sound markets. Now the company has unveiled the 801’s successor, the m801. Well yeah, they could have called this the M801 Mark II Ultra, but the folks at Grace Designs build great products and don’t believe a flashy name will produce better recordings, so they’re sticking with “m801.”
Differences? There’s not a whole lot anyone could do to make the 801 sound better, but the Grace Design team was able to provide the preamp with a dynamic range improvement of about 3dB, which may not sound like much, but multiply 3dB by eight channels and trust us, it’s quite significant. Other cool new features include a new ribbon mic switching function and increased output current so so the m801 can drive audio lines up to 1,500 feet without audio quality loss. Naturally, with a product built to such high standards, the m801 comes with a full 5-year limited warranty on all parts and labor. Want to know more? Give your Sweetwater Sales Engineer a call right now.
