First, Mercury Recording Equipment successfully recreated the original V72s with their highly regarded Mercury M72s. Now, with the Mercury M76m, they have brought to life the V72s' "big brother"- the V76. The Mercury M76m is a recreation of the original German designed Telefunken/Siemens amplifier module used in many European broadcast and recording desks. The V76 modules, however, are more well known as an outboard rack mounted preamp and are highly sought after by studios and engineers all over the world. Of all the V76 amplifiers, the "V76m" has always been the most desired because of its useful variable gain control. Original modules have not been available new for 40 years and working vintage units have become extremely rare and expensive. Furthermore, due to its overly compact modular design, the V76 modules are now, after four decades, not as mechanically sound as they once were which causes problems sonically.
With that in mind, Mercury Recording Equipment has recreated the transformer balanced, four tube per channel, high gain amplifier. Keeping the integrity of tonality. In addition, Mercury has added new features that the original studio microphone amplifiers and even the "vintage" re-racks never had. The Mercury M76m has a Impedance Select switch for both high and low impedance devices, an Output Control Fader for even more control, including the ability to overdrive the amplifier if desired and a variable gain control, 0 to +60dB in 6dB increments, that works in conjunction with a fine gain, or trim, from 0 to +10dB in 1dB increments. Also, all the staple features one expects from a modern piece of equipment, such as: Phantom Power (48V), Phase Reversal, and a Direct Input, per channel.
The Mercury M76m has that "vintage" magic as well as a few new tricks. That is why it is truly a new classic for today as well as the new benchmark for the next 50 years!
After many years in development, Mercury Recording Equipment Co. has now built what is quite possibly the ultimate combination of vintage sound and modern features. The vintage sound comes from more than ten years experience repairing, rebuilding, and most importantly LISTENING to the Telefunken/Siemens V76 modules. Mercury made it their first priority to build a modern Studio Microphone Amplifier that sounds identical to the original. They did not stop there, however. Drawing on years of experience, professional service and taking note of what modifications and features the professional recording engineers wished their original V76 modules had, Mercury took it one step farther than a "recreation." For example, the M76m's Channel Power Indicator glows orange when powered up and changes to red when phantom power is engaged. This indicator is also a back lit window (like the original) for the variable, 0 to +60dB, gain control (in 6dB increments). which works with a 0 to +10dB fine gain in 1dB increments. Other features added include a output level fader, impedance switch, Direct Input for instruments, and Phase Reverse-- all per channel. The Mercury M76m is the perfect combination of the old and the new. You will hear what you have always loved about the "vintage" amplifiers: tone, warmth and air. But you will have flexibility with more features that surpass the original. This combination will make the Mercury M76m the new benchmark in tube studio microphone amplifiers!
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"With it's stellar sound, faithfulness to the original V76, unique tonal flexibility, and helpful array of modern conveniences, the M76m could very well be the ultimate 'vintage-style' mic preamp available today." - Pete Weiss, TapeOp Magazine #49
