The AMS Neve 1084 Microphone Preamp and Equalizer is an exacting reissue of the original modular 1084 console preamp and EQ, with 3-band EQ and selectable shelving or peak EQ curve selection.
The AMS Neve 1084 rivals the 1073 in popularity due to its wide palette of frequency selections. While sharing the identical preamp and output section as the 1073 and other members of the 10-series (1081, 1073, 1066), its EQ section also includes the ability to switch between two different “Q” types, either narrow or wide with respect to the parametric band. The modular design of the 1084 is a nod to the original intent of the 10-series preamps, which was to populate the Neve 80-series consoles of the '70s. All of the preamps in the series share the same input and output sections but feature a differently outfitted equalizer section.
The reason for this was to maintain sonic consistency across the console while offering the engineer a palette of tone-shaping options that they could commission for the console. For example, a console could be outfitted with eight channels of 1073s, eight channels of 1084s, and so on, all while maintaining the signature sound of the Neve 10-series.
Specifications:
- Microphone Input: Input impedance 300 ohm or 1,200 ohm; gain +80db to +20dB in 5dB steps
- Line Input: Input impedance 10k ohms, gain +20dB to -10dB in 5dB steps
- Output: Maximum output is >+26dBu into 600 ohm; transformer-balanced and earth-free
- Output impedance: 75 ohm @ 1kHz
- Distortion: Not more than 0.07% from 50Hz to 10kHz at +20dBu output (80kHz bandwidth) into 600 ohm
- Frequency response: ±0.5dB 20Hz to 20kHz, -3dB at 40kHz (EQ out)
- Noise: Not more than -83dBu at all line gain settings EQ In/Out (22Hz to 22kHz bandwidth),
- EIN: Better than -125dBu @ 60dB gain