Titan III

Titan III is an all tube tape head preamp using the excellent 6922/E88CC/6N23P-EV family triode and is designed for use with most reel to reel tape decks, consumer or pro.

The preamp circuit is a ground up design by our partner Ray Waters. His brilliant circuit has been mated with our in-house designed regulated solid state power supplies.

The result is a fantastic sounding tape head preamp that is able to work with a wide range of playback head impedances. There is impedance adjustment for 'odd' playback head impedance.

The VU meters are calibrated to consumer level 0dB @ 0dB VU/0.775V rms. This can also be calibrated to pro level 0dB @ 4dB VU/1.228V rms on request.

Standard is a retro look 'rounded' VU meter.

An optional modern 'square' style VU meter is available on request.

Another unique feature of this design is that Titan III can be switched between NAB (7.5 & 15 IPS), IEC 7.5IPS and IEC 15IPS. Or, Titan III can be built for IEC only, 7.5, 15 & 30IPS, NO NAB.

Standard with Titan III is a playback EQ which can be calibrated to suit a particular tape or for general EQ fine adjustment.

Three adjustable frequencies are provided. Low @ 50Hz, high @ 25KHz and shelve @ 16KHz. Gain control is also provided.

For those who prefer to just have a 'basic' tape head preamp, we can build Titan III without the EQ, please inquire when discussing your Titan III with us.

Titan III is built with either RCA in and outputs or as an option with XLR balanced in and outputs using the superb Lundahl LL1544A audio transformer. Titan III can also be built with 'unbalanced' XLR, where pins 1&3 are shorted, this version will not use the Lundahl LL1544A audio transformer.

Silver or black face plates are available

Titan III is built to order and will take around 6 weeks to complete and ship.

We have written an article on using an external tape head preamp, we feel this is VERY worthwhile reading before you decide to go ahead with Titan III, click here.

Specifications:

Preamplifier gain - 55dB

Input impedance is set to 47K, but can be user adjusted.

Rack chassis : 17.3" wide, 2U height and 8.7" deep; NOTE: Chassis width quoted here is WITHOUT rack mounting holes

Rack chassis weight : 13lb

Warranty: 2 years on the preamp, 6 months for the tubes

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Titan III is a tape head preamp, so it must be connected directly to the decks playback head, NOT the tape deck audio output! There are a number of articles on the web on how to best do this mod for your deck model, or inquire on the Tapeheads forum.

Titan III is housed in a 2U all metal custom chassis. For dimensions, see above.