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Cranborne Audio Camden 500

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Cranborne Audio Camden 500

 

 
 
 

The best of both worlds

Camden 500 is a clean, linear, and transparent preamplifier. But it also has its own sound character: two custom discrete analog saturation circuits can be applied.

Clean, precise, and natural

The Camden 500 offers maximum clarity and sonic detail. Its custom topology allows for incredible performance with low background noise and minimal distortion: -129.8dB EIN (150ohm) and THD+N 0.0002%. The Camden also sets a new standard for frequency and phase linearity: ±0.7dB frequency response from 5Hz to 200kHz at maximum gain, and <2° phase shift @ 50Hz-20kHz. The end result is a preamp with an extremely natural sound.

Vintage, warm, and colorful

The Camden 500 features “Mojo,” a custom analog saturation circuit that can transform it into the warmest, most colorful, and biggest preamp in your arsenal. Designed to introduce the harmonics typical of the most famous vintage products, the “Mojo” parameter can be used either discreetly or aggressively (and can, of course, be bypassed).

Custom topology

Thanks to a transformerless topology with 68.5dB of gain, the Camden 500 delivers incredible performance in terms of background noise, distortion, tracking, and phase shift across all 12 gain positions.

Three-way input switch

The appropriate input impedance and headroom for microphone, line, and high-impedance sources allow for full-range, gritty recordings with +26.5dBu input, but also a live and natural D.I. sound with its unique BJT design and 1.5M Ohm input impedance.

Key features

  • Fully-discrete, transformerless design featuring our custom ‘Camden’ preamp topology designed by our Director of Engineering - Edward Holmes

Optimised for and fully-compliant with the 500-series format

  • Camden 500 is not a 19” unit shoe-horned into a 500-series module, it has been designed from the ground-up to perform under the low-voltage power rails and supply current limitations of the 500-series format whilst delivering groundbreaking performance

Performs at the near-theoretical limits of noise, distortion, and phase/frequency linearity at all gain settings

  • EIN: <-129.5dBu, 150 ohm source, unweighted, <-135.5dBu, Inputs common, unweighted
  • THD+N: <0.0004%, 1kHz, 35dB gain, 24dBu out
  • Intermodulation Distortion: <0.0008%, 50Hz and 7kHz, 35dB gain, 20dBu out
  • Phase Shift: <2.25°, 40dB gain, 20Hz to 20kHz, <4°, Max gain, 20Hz to 20kHz
  • Freq. Response: <±1dB, <5 Hz to >200 kHz, all gain settings
  • CMRR: >70dB, typ >85dB, 35dB Gain, 10-20kHz, 100mV Common mode

Optimised input Impedance and input headroom for Mic, Line, and Hi-z sources

  • Mic Preamp, Instrument Di, and - thanks to Mojo - line-level analogue saturator

Custom ‘Mojo’ analogue saturation circuit with variable control, true bypass, and 2 discrete styles - Thump and Cream

  • Reamp tracks from your DAW through Mojo to apply analogue saturation to your stems, VST, and stereo mixes
  • Thump excites low-end content by boosting lower odd/even harmonics from a range of 160Hz to 20Hz and below
  • Cream boosts odd/even harmonics whilst also reducing the amplitude of the fundamental frequencies and applying typical transformer-style transient taming

Gold Flashing on backplane contacts for increased conductivity and durability

  • Designed & Engineered in the United Kingdom

Technical Specifications

  • Minimum Gain: Mic= 8dB, Line = 0dB, Hi-Z = 3dB
  • Phase Shift: <2.25° (40dB gain, 20Hz to 20kHz),
  • <4° (max gain, 20Hz to 20kHz)
  • Maximum Gain: Mic = 68dB, Line = 60dB, Hi-Z = 63dB
  • THD+N: <0.0004% (1kHz, 35dB gain, 24dBu out)
  • Input Impedance: Mic= 8.9kOhms 48v Off, 5.4kOhms 48v ON,
  • Line = 24.3kOhms, Hi-Z= 1.5MOhm unbalanced, 3MOhm balanced
  • Intermodulation Distortion:
  • <0.0008% (50Hz and 7kHz, 35dB gain, 20dBu out),
  • <0.0006% (50Hz and 7kHz, 35dB gain, 15dBu out)
  • Max Input Level:
  • Mic = 17.6dBu (<0.003% THD),
  • Line = 26.5dBu (<0.02% THD),
  • Hi-Z = 24dBu (<0.02% THD)
  • Hi-Pass Filter (HPF): 80Hz, -3dB, 12dB/Oct
  • Output Impedance: 150 Ohms
  • Current Draw: 120mA per rail - idle, 140mA per rail - typical use case
  • Max Output Level: 27.5dBu (<0.002% THD, 30dB gain)
  • CMRR: >70dB, typ >85dB, 35dB gain, 10-20kHz, 100mV Common mode
  • Equivalent Input Noise (EIN): 
  • <-129.5dBu (150 ohm source, unweighted), 
  • <-131dBu (150 ohm source, A-weighted), 
  • <-135.5dBu (Inputs common, unweighted)
  • Slew Rate: 20V/uS, 35dB gain, 25dBu out
  • Frequency Response: ±0.25dB (<5 Hz to >200 kHz, 35dB gain),
  • <±1dB (<5 Hz to >200 kHz, max gain)
  • Dimensions (mm): 31.8/133.35/170.11 (w/h/d)

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