Mercenary Audio
Manley TNT (Tubes - No Tubes) Mic Pre





Here is a twist: two different and discrepant mic preamps in one box for two different colors. By popular demand, one channel is the exact same micpre as in our SLAM! with tubes and transformers. The second preamp is a fresh "No Tubes" design from Hutch and is inspired by old British console preamps with a tasty combination of "No Tubes" design with transformers. This one is not a clone of anything preexisting. It is a new flavor but reminiscent of that classic discrete sound. Both channels are designed around the basic goal of “just plug a mic in and it sounds great.” The tube channel excels on traditionally difficult sources like some bright guitars, reed and brass, cymbals and some vocals. The "No Tubes" channel might be more suited for smoother vocals, drums, bass and raunchy guitars, but you never really knows which preamp is best for the job at hand until you try them. At least you’ll have two qualified candidates in one handy 1U chassis.

MANTNT List $3,000.00

Mercenary $2,700.00


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Tubes used for vacuum tube channel: 1 x 12AT7EH + 1 x NOS 6414 or 6414W

TUBE CHANNEL (Left Channel)

  • GAIN RANGE +10 dB to +80 dB (20-70dB in 5 dB steps)
  • MIC INPUT IMPEDANCE 600, 2400, 10,000 Ohms
  • INSTRUMENT INPUT IMPEDANCE 300K,1Meg, 3 Meg Ohms
  • FREQUENCY RESPONSE (-1 dB) 10 Hz to 30 kHz (-3dB) 5 Hz to 45 kHz
  • THD & NOISE (1 kHz @ 20 dB gain) .035% typical (-68 dB)
  • NOISE FLOOR -60 dB typical referenced to +4dBm
  • EIN -120 dB
  • SIGNAL TO NOISE @ 70 dB Gain 95dB (TRIM has major effect)
  • MAXIMUM OUTPUT (1% THD) BALANCED +4 31 dBu
COOL CHANNEL (Right or Solid State Channel)
  • GAIN RANGE +10 dB to +80 dB (20-70dB in 5 dB steps)
  • MIC INPUT IMPEDANCE 300, 600, 2000, 2 Meg Ohms
  • INSTRUMENT INPUT IMPEDANCE 100K, 300K,1Meg, 3 Meg, 10 Meg Ohms
  • FREQUENCY RESPONSE (-1 dB) 15 Hz to 30 kHz (-3dB) 5 Hz to 50 kHz
  • THD & NOISE .01% typical (-80 dB)
  • (no distortion products measurable, noise dominates measurement)
  • NOISE FLOOR -66 dB typical referenced to +4dBm
  • EIN -126 dB
  • SIGNAL TO NOISE @ 70 dB Gain 85dB (TRIM has little effect)
  • MAXIMUM OUTPUT (1% THD) BALANCED +4 30 dBu
  • UNBALANCED +4 24 dBu
  • UNBALANCED -10 16 dBu
  • DISTORTION @ 1K WITH 60' / 70's SWITCH 1.5% typical with LED onset (+4 dBu out)
  • 3% typical with LED fully lit (+7 dBu out)
POWER REQUIREMENTS
  • 30 WATTS
  • FUSE For 120 VAC - 2 AMP SLO-BLO
  • For 220 VAC - 1 AMP SLO-BLO
PHYSICAL
  • SIZE 19" x 11" x 1.75"
  • WEIGHT 11 POUNDS



MANUALS & PDFs

Manley TNT Manual Adobe pdf


MANTNT List $3,000.00

Mercenary $2,700.00


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