FS: Preamps

[Ben M]

Hi folks
I have these preamps for sale. Please PM me if your interested.

Pair of Brook preamps – made by Mark Hornibrook. - $600. Very nice preamps for a very nice price. PRICE DROP $550


Racked pair of MCI JH500 modules - racked by Rob at Proharmonic.
Features include;
all transformer in and out ( jensen mic transformer, stancor line in and line out ), switchable phantom, High Z DI input on front panel, phase rev ( mic and line ), sweepable HP filter 30Hz to 300Hz, four band EQ with overlapping mid bands, Output level control - with a "cal" position for unity gain on line inputs
$1850 NO LONGER FOR SALE
Just like this.

MCI-500.jpg

Thanks

[Bassman_no1]

PM'd

[Ben M]

Both units are still available.
Price dropped the MCI before I put it up on eBay with $1800 as the starting price.

[Ben M]

Price drop on BROOK preamps

[Bent my VU]

Can you put up some pics and specs on the Brook pre-amps? I can't find a thing on the net.

[Ben M]

I can't find a thing on the net.

I don't think you'll find much on the net about these. I think Hornibrook sold these out of his suitcase pretty much. Still no denying he made some very nice gear. Over the years I've used his valve DI, a couple of different pre's and his 1176 type comp. I've found all of them to be very good quality and sound fab.

Don't let the front plate turn you off these pre's. It's not about external beauty

The only thing I'd do if I kept these would be to replace both 1K gain pots as they're a bit scratchy when being rotated (fine when stationary).
This would probably cost about $6 and 5 minutes soldering.

I've bought some other gear that I need to pay for so these must go as I have enough pre's for now.

thanks

BROOK INTERNAL.jpg

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[The Tasmanian]

The Brook Pre's are great!
had a pair for nearly 15 years - clean and fast (amazing on kick among many other duties)

[Paul Maybury]

Hi they look interesting, but hard to tell whats going on in there.. Are there discrete PSU's for each channel or something? And the pre amp itself looks I.C based, transformerless, is that right?
Cheers,
Paul Maybury

[The Tasmanian]

Not sure about the tech info - but I do know they are unbalanced out

[Ben M]

The Brook Pre's are great!
had a pair for nearly 15 years - clean and fast (amazing on kick among many other duties)

haha these are your old one's Chris. Don't they look familiar? lol
They are great little pre's, like you say.

[Ben M]

Hi they look interesting, but hard to tell whats going on in there.. Are there discrete PSU's for each channel or something? And the pre amp itself looks I.C based, transformerless, is that right?
Cheers,
Paul Maybury

I read it that way too Paul. I've got to say... when I took the lid off I was surprised to see such a simple layout for a pre that has such a big robust sound.

[Ben M]

Here's a bigger version to trace the circuit.

Brook top.jpg

[The Tasmanian]

Well - I will vouch for them then!!
Anyone want a really fast pre - these are the bomb