Grace Design 201
The Grace Design 201 is a two-channel microphone preamplifier. It's the stereo counterpart to the company's flagship eight-channel Model 801. It appears to have been in production by at least 1996, when EQ-Magazine (October 1996, p.20) covered it as a "2-channel microphone preamplifier" under the headline "Under Pressure." The 201 shares the clean, transparent circuit philosophy of the 801. The aim is accuracy and low coloration, not deliberate character. Grace Design, based in Boulder, Colorado, already had a reputation for high-quality microphone preamplifiers by the time the 201 was introduced. This model seems to have been a professional workhorse for two-channel recording.
- Frequency Response: 20 Hz – 300 kHz at 40 dB gain, ±0.2 dB (per EQ-Magazine April 2002)
- Manufacturer: Grace Design, Boulder, CO
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