Cranborne Audio EC1 - One-Channel Preamp

Cranborne Audio EC1 - One-Channel Preamp

The Camden EC1 is an award-winning Camden preamp with Mojo analogue saturation, and a reference-quality headphone amplifier with a discrete line mixer built-in to a desktop-friendly, half-rack chassis.

Award-winning Preamp Performance
Connect Camden EC1 to your audio interface and experience the award-winning sound of the Camden preamp design. Providing up to 68.5dB of pristine, clean gain, Camden EC1 is the perfect preamp to pair with low-gain dynamic microphones and ribbon mics.

Powerful Headphone Monitoring
Featuring a reference-grade, high-powered headphone amp with a dedicated line mixer, Camden EC1 gives you TRUE, zero latency, mastering-quality monitoring of your preamp that is effortlessly mixed with playback from your DAW.

3 World-Class Preamps In 1
Thanks to its custom 'Mojo' harmonic saturation control, Camden EC1 offers 3 flavours of preamp tone that can be dialled to taste.

With Mojo bypassed, you can experience Camden EC1's award-winning transparency for capturing mic, line, and instruments with elite-level detail and non-existent noise/distortion.

Camden EC1 By The Numbers
If you prefer numbers, we have you covered. Camden EC1, statistically, is one of the cleanest, most linear, and transparent preamps on the market. Cranborne's ‘Camden’ preamp topology allows us to push the boundaries of Frequency Response, Phase Shift, Noise, and THD performance; and we have all the specs to back that up.

• Equivalent Input Noise (EIN): <-129.5dBu (150 Ohm source, unweighted)
• Frequency Response: ±0.7dB (<1 Hz to >1000 kHz, 35dB Gain)
• Phase Shift: <4° (20Hz to 20kHz, 63dB Gain)
• THD+N: <0.00025% (1kHz, 35dB Gain, +24dBu out)