The HA-81A’s preamp section is an 80 dB, all discrete Class A design with Carnhill St Ives input and output transformers, exactly the same ones found in the other Elite Series modules.
The preamp features gain, output trim, -20 dB pad, polarity reverse, and +48 V phantom power.
The HA-81’s equalizer section is an exceptionally musical 4 band, inductor-based equalizer with high and low pass filters. Where 3 band equalizers such as the typical 73-style exceed at musicality but may be short of features, the HA-81A EQ excels at both equally. Extreme control over Shelf or Bell response curves on the high and lows, dual Q on both mid bands, with dedicated high and low mid bands, and a range of 40 frequency selections to choose from.
The Heritage HA-81A EQ utilizes only rotary switches and precision, concentric potentiometers. And like all of the products in our Elite range, the HA-81A EQ is built with the most cutting edge methods in manufacturing and design, without ever compromising audio quality or cutting corners — all at the Heritage Audio headquarters in Madrid-Spain.