Manley Labs has released the Manley Force, a four-channel, high-voltage, vacuum tube mic preamp.

Force uses proprietary hand-wound Manley Iron mic input transformers and 12AX7 vacuum tube amplifying stage operating off 300V rails. Each channel includes a high-impedance, quarter-inch instrument input as well as an XLR microphone input. On the front, each channel features a 120Hz high-pass filter, variable input-level pad, phase invert, selectable +48V phantom power, and a high/low gain switch.

The CNC machined faceplate features seven-way LED metering for each channel providing an instant visible indication of audio levels. The universal power supply accepts any voltage or frequency from anywhere in the world, for international recording projects.

‘From the onset, I wanted this product to blow the doors off the price-to-value ratio, while retaining every single ounce of Manley quality, reliability and integrity,’ says Manley Labs President and co-founder EveAnna Manley. ‘Everyone is wondering how we could possibly do this for $2,500. We achieved it by prioritising what really matters – delivering that signature Manley sound – and by engineering it to build efficiently. We really paid attention to how it pops together.’

More: www.manley.com