I am clearing out my remaining stock of SC-1mk500 mic preamps to make way for upcoming new products. Prices reduced to $245 for the stock SC-1mk500 version and $295 for the SC-1mk500 with INPUT Transformer.
I only have a few units left available at this special reduced price. Don't wait and take advantage of this offer!
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This is our new Mic Preamp in the API-500 Series card format. We're bringing all the quality of the original SC-1 and some more, plus new additional features in this new form factor.
If you want a good sounding preamp with little risk or ambiguity (no sourcing of parts) the Five Fish SC-1 are wonderful meaty units for little money. - Garrett Haines, Recording Tips Editor, Tape Op, Chief Mastering Engineer, Treelady Studios www.treelady.com
Features: - Popular 500-form factor - All solid-state design, using chipsets from THAT Corp and Burr-Brown - Soft-start, slow ramp-on +48V phantom power - Crystal clear Red LED indicator for phantom power - Electronically balanced input and output stages - or with optional Input Transformer option - Improved design, improved performance, design refinements. - DC Servo, Dual Buffered design - Using uMetal shielded Input Transformer for excellent magnetic shielding - 6dB gain steps in the lower range, and 4db gain steps in the upper range for more precise control - Bourns, conductive plastic potentiometers - 12-position Grayhill gain selector switch - Input RFI protection - Input clamping protection - Output surge protection circuit - Output RFI protection - 0.063" thick PCB with 2 oz. copper, Solder mask, silkscreen, plated-through holes, - Lead-free Rohs - Gold fingers - 5-LED VU Meter kit - Relay-controlled Polarity Reverse - Use of high quality 1% Metal Film resistors, and high-quality ceramic and electrolytic capacitors - Easy to assemble, easy to troubleshoot design - Each component carefully labeled, protected and packed in separate zip bags - Very affordable!!!
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I am clearing out my remaining stock of SC-1mk500 mic preamps to make way for upcoming new products. Prices reduced to $245 for the stock SC-1mk500 version and $295 for the SC-1mk500 with INPUT Transformer.
I only have a few units left available at this special reduced price. Don't wait and take advantage of this offer!
I own a couple of your SC1 Mk2 preamps which I put in a custom made case. I am thinking of buying a few of the MK3 version. Thank you for creating and offering these preamps. They are just ideal for classical recording, every bit as good as my [high end preamps]. - D.Rumley, USA
At tax time, i wanted to add some nice flavor to my studio. I bought an A-Designs 500-HR rack and (2) 500 series units: a name-brand preamp and the FiveFish Studios X-12. I used both for various purposes over the next 2 months: upright piano, drums (kick, snare, OH,) guitar, bass guitar...And in the end, I got rid of the name-brand preamp and picked up another X-12, no contest. I found the X-12 to be crisper and clearer, easier to use, easy to dial in the perfect gain structure. That's just my personal take on it. I think the name-brand preamp is great but for my money, it will always be the X-12, no contest. - post on Gearslutz.com
The fivefish kits are very high-end, the PCBs are very thick and sturdy, the coating is excellent and very resistant, they look very well done, unlike anything i have ever seen before. - J.Gomez, Analog Recording Forum
Just got my pre-built x12.. its totally rock solid. Messed around with it a little today, great addition to any collection of preamps. The x12 had a little of that signature grainy upper mids with a more focused bottom end. No DI included, but it loves to amp the Countryman DI. I like the meter, its handy. The construction is top-notch, solid knobs and switches, good illumination. You can get in there and swap out the IC for a DOA, etc.. but I think the transformers are making the "sound". Oh yeah, its quiet too. - Andy S, USA
I just finished auditioning the SC-1mk500 with output transformer. I recorded a Taylor acoustic with a Neumann TLM-193 into your preamp and then into a Tube -Tech CL-1B compressor. The results were fantastic. I couldn't believe how much clean gain was available. Not sterile clean, it does have "character", but clean! Solid lows and a sweet sparkly top end, it captured the Taylor perfectly. If I really hit the strings hard, the preamp could handle it easily.---My wife came in and she agreed, which is always nice, that the SC-1 sounded wonderful and was worth the expense. I won't hesitate to buy more modules and I'm already gearing up to purchase the package of three. You make a really great-sounding pre.
i'm up to (2) SC-1's, (2) X-12's, and a deal pending on (2) x-72's! i'll be sure to take a photo of my full lunchbox and send it to you or your site. i am really enjoying your pres, and i'd like to thank you for making a great sounding, quality product. consider me a fan, and a member of the street team! - Roger L, USA
I bought an X-12 and iiked it so much that I had to get rid of my other peamp and replace it with another X-12. Kudos on making such an awesome design, I look forward to outfitting my studio with some more of your other tonal options in the near future. - Justin H., USA
By Eddie Ciletti. With the state of today's economy, it's hard to predict (or have confidence in) the days ahead. Looking into my silicon crystal ball, your passion for knowledge and the declining value of a dollar tell me there might be a D.I.Y. kit on your holiday gift list this year. And there are a lot of reasons to love these kits: They teach us almost as much about our retail gear as they do about D.I.Y.
