Mercury M72s/1 Single Channel Microphone Preamplifier

Mercury Preamplifiers are righteously musical machines! We’ve been digging their response as it truly does offer all the inviting warmth and harmonic life our microphones and instruments can display, and then some. The bottom is thick and punchy with a ton of definition. The mid-range is “buttery”, warm and solid, while the top end is open and extremely rich. These preamplifiers are secret weapons for vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, any electric/electronic instruments, and last but certainly not least any of the key elements inside and around the drum kit. - A/B

Specifications:

Mic Input Impedance: Approx. 2k ohms
Suggested Source Impedance: Approx. 200 ohms
Input Impedance with -28dB Pad: Approx. 4k ohms
DI Input Impedance: 2M ohms
Internal Output impedance: 30-50 ohms (depends on gain setting)
Suggested Minimum Load: 500 ohms
Max. Mic Signal Input Level (@ 20 Hz): +34dBu with -28dB Pad engaged / +6dBu with Pad not engaged
Max. Output Level: +22dBu
Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz +/- 0.5dB
Harmonic Distortion: All musically related low orders of harmonics, with no significant order above 5th.

Mercury M72s vs. M76m, Whats the difference?
First: Both are multipurpose tools for making music. But if you were to have both or only one application that you have a need for, they do sound different.

Tone: The Mercury M72s is warm and punchy. The M72s has a thick bottom end, a great push in the mid range and a open airy top end. The M72s performance great on Vocals, Bass, Drums, Acoustic and Electric Guitars as well as room and Over head applications.

The M76m is warm, open and airy. Compared to the M72s the M76m is overall more evenly "EQ'ed". Meaning there is not a push in the low or mids. The M76m shines on Vocals, Bass and Guitars (you have amazing control on the amplifier's tone) as well the M76m opens up your Room and Over Head mics. With 72dB (+/-) of total gain and choice High and Low Input Impedance - Ribbon mics are big and open with the M76m.

Gain: M72s has 58dB and the M76m has about 72dB. The M76m has 60dB input gain, +6dB (+/-) with your Level Control and +6dB with Low impedance selected.

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