ISA428 MkII - Reviews - Music Tech Magazine

Focusrite’s ISA428 MkII is a high-quality four-channel microphone preamp. John Pickford puts it through its paces.

Price: £1,439.00
Manufacturer: Focusrite
Website: http://www.focusrite.com

It can be all too easy to underestimate the importance of a good-quality mic preamp in the recording chain. The job of amplifying the tiny signal from a microphone into something usable is difficult to do well, but crucial in order to maintain fidelity. If you have a collection of good-quality mics, they deserve better than to be plugged into a budget-price mixing desk in which the preamps are often mediocre at best. Focusrite’s MkII version of the ISA428 provides four channels of transformer based preamplification, designed to bring out the best in any microphone. Visually, the unit is sensibly laid out and thoroughly modern – no seductively backlit VU meters or funky retro chic going on here.

Score: 9

This review first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 95
Filed under Home, Preamps, Reviews

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