Grace Design

Explore Grace Design vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Preamplifier

• M-501 — Grace Design m501 500-series preamp — transformerless, m101-derived, 10-75 dB gain with ribbon mode, $625 list at 2009 launch.

Preamplifiers

• 101 — What little is documented about the Grace Design Model 101 paints a clear picture of a well-regarded, accessible entry point into the company’s preamp.
• 201 — The Grace Design 201 is a two-channel microphone preamplifier, sibling to the Model 801, praised for natural, transparent sound.
• 801 — Grace Design 801 flagship eight-channel microphone preamplifier, clean transparent circuit philosophy, praised for natural sound and quiet operation in 1990s studio press.
• M-201 — Grace Design M-201 microphone preamplifier — a clean, high-headroom successor to the model 201, reviewed in EQ Magazine (1997) and Mix Magazine (2007, 2011).

Processors

• M-902 — Documentation on the Grace Design M-902 is thin, and the model is absent from most period catalogs. Includes when it was made.

Other Models

• Lunatec V2 — Grace Design Lunatec V2 portable mic preamp — transimpedance topology from the 201/801, M-S decoding, 10–60dB gain, $1495 in 1999.
• m101 — A single-channel microphone preamplifier released in 2008, designed and built in Colorado. Find detailed specs and production dates here.
• MODEL-101 — Grace Design Model 101: the $699 half-rack mic preamp that brought 801-grade transparency to project studios, with a stepped gain switch and 12 Hz–170 kHz response.
• MODEL-201 — Grace Design Model 201 two-channel mic preamp — a cut-down Model 801 with stepped gold-contact gain, phantom, phase, and a 20 dB pad. Quiet, clean, uncolored.
• MODEL-801 — Grace Design Model 801 — eight-channel mic preamp with hand-soldered 1% metal-film resistor ladders and 24-position stepped gain. The transparent Boulder flagship.