Cranborne Audio Camden 500 | LPA special

Cranborne Audio Camden 500

Mic Preamp with MOJO

The Very Best of Both Worlds

Camden 500 is the most astoundingly clean, linear, transparent preamp you’ve ever heard. But it also has “Mojo” - 2 discrete custom analogue saturation circuits that can be applied, exaggerated, and perhaps best of all - bypassed. Camden 500 provides the utmost clarity and detail when it is most required. Its custom 'Camden' topology achieves stunning low-noise and low-distortion performance: -129.8dB EIN (150ohm, unweighted) and THD+N as low as 0.0002%. It also sets a new standard for frequency and phase linearity: ±0.7dB frequency response from 5Hz to 200kHz at max gain and <2° phase shift @ 50Hz – 20kHz. The sum result is the most natural sounding preamp you've ever heard. Camden 500 features "Mojo" - a custom analogue saturation circuit that transforms Camden 500 into the fattest, warmest, most colourful mic preamp in your arsenal. Designed to introduce harmonics and saturation effects that our favourite vintage gear produces, Mojo can be subtle, it can be exaggerated, but best of all it can be bypassed...

Key features

• Fully-discrete, transformerless design featuring Cranborne's custom ‘Camden’ preamp topology designed by their Director of Engineering - Edward Holmes
• Optimised for and fully-compliant with the 500-series format
• Performs at the near-theoretical limits of noise, distortion, and phase/frequency linearity at all gain settings
• Optimised input Impedance and input headroom for Mic, Line, and Hi-z sources
• Custom ‘Mojo’ analogue saturation circuit with variable control, true bypass, and 2 discrete styles - Thump and Cream
• Gold Flashing on backplane contacts for increased conductivity and durability
• Designed & Engineered in the United Kingdom

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