{"title":"Helios","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"helios-type-69-500","title":"Helios Type 69-500 - 500 Series Mic Pre\/EQ","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHelios Type 69-500\u003c\/span\u003e 500 Series module holds true to the original Dick Swettenham design, but with a number of modern updates such as 5db steps on the mic preamp gain switch as opposed to the original 10db steps, additional 16khz EQ frequency selection for today's high-bandwidth digital recordings, and a balanced output for easy interfacing with any digital converter.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eHelios Type 69 Mic Pre\/EQ Module\u003c\/strong\u003e is reborn!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRe-manufactured classic three-band mic pre\/EQ. Discrete. Switchable lo\/mid. Fixed top. Hi-pass. Unlike anything you have ever used (especially if you are stuck in API-Neve land). 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These are replicas of the famous early Olympic studios era Helios preamp and EQ modules which were used on recordings by The Who, Led Zepplin, and Rolling Stones to name a few. The sound is open, punchy, and full of character and the EQ is a very smooth and musical design, almost Pultec-ish in nature due to it's passive inductor based architecture. This pair is special because it has had VK's \"Balanced Output Modification\" to increase the headroom of the modules to optimize versatility and offer a variety of tonal colors. There is a switch added to the front which allows you to choose three separate settings. You can run the pair in the \"bypass\" position which runs them stock with unbalanced outputs. Switch to the \"unbalanced\" position and the modules output is routed to a custom circuit board which is modeled after a early 1970's Helios buss amplifier circuit, which increased the headroom by 4db but still runs the output unbalanced for the signature Helios sound. Run the modules in \"balanced\" position and the output card feeds a Cinemag Output transformer for a total of 10db of additional headroom or around 28db total, which allows you to use the Helios in almost any tracking situation with a subtle but excellent sounding transformer saturation. This modification costs $800 when applied to a new Helios order.","brand":"Helios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44449913503847,"sku":"57136","price":3495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/8848\/5479\/files\/helios-reissue-type-69-racked-pair-wmod-0030-vintage-6086531_8ee74c82-8dad-4ba9-9d8a-05e938daa229.jpg?v=1787090930"},{"product_id":"helios-type-69-500-5b151114-7-used","title":"Helios Type 69-500 #5B151114-7 (Used)","description":"Unlike anything you have ever used. 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Other toggle switches include phase (polarity) flip, EQ cut, mic phantom powering on\/off and the ATT switch, where you can engage a small front panel trim pot for a small range of input level adjustment. The 3-band passive equalizer section uses a combination of RC and LC tone circuits, starting with an RC-based, 10kHz, 6dB-per-octave shelving filter with +\/- 10dB range. The LC-based midrange equalizer has a surprising number of frequency choices on a single knob. They are: 0.7, 1, 1.4, 2, 2.8, 3.5, 4.5, 6 and 16 kHz. There is a Peak and Trough toggle switch. (Trough is Brit-speak for cut.) Up to 15 dB of boost\/cut is available on the unmarked +\/- control. The starting Q for the midrange is a wide three octaves at 700 Hz; then, by 6 kHz, it narrows to two octaves. Q is proportionate: The more boost\/cut, the higher the Q. The LC-based bass section allows up to 15dB boost\/cut, and when the control is fully counterclockwise, the bass EQ section is switched out of the signal path. This is good for keeping things ultra-clean. Another rotary Elma switch selects 30, 80, 120, 240 and 400 Hz for the bass peaking section. The same switch rotates to a 6dB-per-octave shelving filter mode that's fixed at 70 Hz with 3, 6, 9, 12 or 15 dB of roll-off. If you like to boost bass and roll-off at the same time, then use the peaking section and select another 12dB-per-octave roll-off filter at 40 or 80 Hz. The output section is unbalanced and uses an emitter follower circuit and a Philips\/BEC electrolytic coupling capacitor, much like what's in the original Helios design. 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The success of these consoles led to numerous orders for more Helios desks, including the Rolling Stones Mobile, the Who's Ramport Studios, and the Beatles' Apple Studios on Savile Row. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll Helios consoles were custom-built for a particular studio, with over a hundred desks commissioned and built in the period 1969-1979. Naturally, a huge part of the sound of these consoles was generated by the mic pre\/EQ input channel, of which there were many variations, from fully discrete to IC based designs, including three- and four-band swept and parametric EQ's. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the 80s approached, a number of console manufacturers got into the game, offering many off-the-shelf designs that featured build quality and price\/performance that can only come from higher-volume, more mass-produced equipment. 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The 3-band passive equalizer section uses a combination of RC and LC tone circuits, starting with an RC-based, 10kHz, 6dB-per-octave shelving filter with +\/- 10dB range. The LC-based midrange equalizer has a surprising number of frequency choices on a single knob. They are: 0.7, 1, 1.4, 2, 2.8, 3.5, 4.5, 6 and 16 kHz. There is a Peak and Trough toggle switch. (Trough is Brit-speak for cut.) Up to 15 dB of boost\/cut is available on the unmarked +\/- control. The starting Q for the midrange is a wide three octaves at 700 Hz; then, by 6 kHz, it narrows to two octaves. Q is proportionate: The more boost\/cut, the higher the Q. The LC-based bass section allows up to 15dB boost\/cut, and when the control is fully counterclockwise, the bass EQ section is switched out of the signal path. This is good for keeping things ultra-clean. Another rotary Elma switch selects 30, 80, 120, 240 and 400 Hz for the bass peaking section. The same switch rotates to a 6dB-per-octave shelving filter mode that's fixed at 70 Hz with 3, 6, 9, 12 or 15 dB of roll-off. If you like to boost bass and roll-off at the same time, then use the peaking section and select another 12dB-per-octave roll-off filter at 40 or 80 Hz. The output section is unbalanced and uses an emitter follower circuit and a Philips\/BEC electrolytic coupling capacitor, much like what's in the original Helios design. 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