API LUNCHBOX MODEL 6B, WITH 2 API 512C DISCRETE MIC PREAMPS/DIRECT BOXES, AND 2 API 560 GRAPHIC EQS.
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API 6B, 512C, 560 (YOM: 2012) (S#: TBD) LIKE NEW (9-10) FEATURES:

API LUNCHBOX MODEL 6B, WITH 2 API 512C DISCRETE MIC PREAMPS/DIRECT BOXES, AND 2 API 560 GRAPHIC EQS.

POWER SUPPLY/LUNCHBOX

FEATURES

• HOLDS 6 API STANDARD MODULES
• RACK EARSAVAILABLE FOR RACK MOUNTING
• 6 SLOTS WITH 250 MA OF CURRENT PER SLOT
• DB-25 CONNECTORS FOR EASY INPUT AND OUTPUT CONNECTION (SEE DIAGRAM)
• XLRS TO ACCESS CHANNELS 7 AND 8 OF THE MULTIPINS
• POWER RAIL LED INDICATION
• INTERNAL POWER SUPPLY; 100 TO 250 VOLTS SWITCHABLE, 47 TO 63 HZ
• RUBBER FEET & CARRYING HANDLE FOR PORTABILITY
• RUGGED STEEL CHASSIS
• PERFECT FOR REMOTE RECORDING OF VOCALIST AND INSTRUMENTS

THE API 500-6B LUNCHBOX IS A 6-SLOT RACK DESIGNED TO ACCEPT ALL API STANDARD 5.25" X 1.5" MODULES. THIS QUALITY ALLOWS AN ENGINEER THE FLEXIBILITY TO BRING ALONG SPECIALIZED EQ EFFECTS TO ANY SITUATION: 550A, 550B OR 560. THE LUNCHBOX HAS AN INTERNAL POWER SUPPLY WITH A REAR PANEL SELECTED AC VOLTAGE SWITCH AND A REMOVABLE POWER CORD. THE INPUT/OUTPUT JACKS ARE XLR. THE LUNCHBOX COMES STANDARD WITH A +48 VOLT INTERNAL PHANTOM POWER SUPPLY, BUSSED TO PIN 15 FOR INTERFACE WITH THE API 512C MIC PREAMPLIFIER.

API MAKES SEVERAL MODULES FOR THE 500-6B, INCLUDING THE 512C MIC PREAMPLIFIER, THE 525 COMPRESSOR, THE 527 COMPRESSOR, THE 550A 3-BAND EQ, THE 550B 4-BAND EQ AND THE 560 GRAPHIC EQ. COMBINATIONS OF THESE MODULES MAKE PERFECT STEREO RECORDING PACKAGES (TWO 512CS AND TWO 550BS) OR VOCALIST'S BOX (ONE 512C, TWO EQS AND ONE 527).

OTHER USES FOR THE VERSATILE LUNCHBOX INCLUDE:

• MULTI-TRACK RECORDING OF ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC AUDIO SOURCES
• SOUND REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS AND RECORDING TO MULTI-TRACK FORMATS
• MULTIPLE FACILITY PROJECTS WHERE PORTABILITY IS A PLUS
• BROADCAST AND AUDIO FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION
• CUSTOM CHANNEL INPUT STRIPS

512C DISCRETE MIC / LINE PRE

SPECS: HTTP://APIAUDIO.COM/PRODUCT_SPECS.PHP?ID=103

FEATURES

• MIC PREAMP WITH 65 DB OF GAIN
• FRONT AND BACK PANEL MIC INPUT ACCESS
• LINE/INSTRUMENT PREAMP WITH 45 DB OF GAIN
• FRONT PANEL LINE/INSTRUMENT INPUT
• LED VU METER FOR MONITORING OUTPUT LEVEL
• 20 DB PAD SWITCH, APPLIES TO MIC/LINE/INSTRUMENT
• 48V PHANTOM SWITCHABLE POWER
• TRADITIONAL API FULLY DISCRETE CIRCUIT DESIGN WITH 2520 OP AMP

THE API 512C IS A MIC / LINE / INSTRUMENT PREAMP, WORLD FAMOUS FOR ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE A LOW NOISE (-129 EIN) AND UNUSUALLY GOOD SOUNDING FRONT END FOR ALL TYPES OF AUDIO APPLICATIONS. SONICALLY, IT DELIVERS THE DISTINCT API SOUND AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE, AND IN THE SCALABLE API 500 SERIES FORMAT. OFFERING AN IMPRESSIVE 65 DB OF GAIN, THE 512C INCLUDES PHANTOM POWER, SWITCHABLE POLARITY, -20 DB PAD AND MIC OR INSTRUMENT/LINE SELECTOR. FRONT PANEL XLR AND 1/4 INCH CONNECTORS COMBINED WITH REAR PANEL MIC ACCESS ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY WHEN INSTALLED INTO AN API LUNCHBOX®, API'S 10 POSITION 500V VERTICAL RACK, OR AN API CONSOLE.

THE API 512C REMAINS FAITHFUL TO THE CIRCUIT DESIGNS OF API'S FOUNDER SAUL WALKER. ARTFULLY COMBINING THOSE CIRCUITS WITH API'S PROPRIETARY TRANSFORMERS AND THE INCOMPARABLE 2520 OP-AMP, THE 512C IS A HIGHLY MUSICAL AND RICH-SOUNDING ANALOG MIC PRE, EQUALLY AT HOME IN COMMERCIAL RECORDING SPACES AS IT IS IN SMALLER HOME STUDIOS. FULLY FEATURED AND STILL HAND ASSEMBLED, THE 512C EXHIBITS THE RELIABILITY, LONG LIFE, AND UNIFORMITY WHICH ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF ALL API PRODUCTS.

560 DISCRETE 10 BAND GRAPHIC EQ

SPECS: DIRECT AT API CLICK HERE  

 FEATURES:

• 10 BANDS OF API PROPRIETARY EQUALIZATION
• FAMILIAR GRAPHICS OPERATION ON ONE OCTAVE CENTERS
• 12 DB OF BOOST/CUT PER BAND
• "PROPORTIONAL Q" NARROWS FILTER Q AT EXTREMES
• ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION WITHIN THE ±4 REGION
• CENTER DETENT FOR RELIABLE RESET
• SILENT BYPASS BUTTON
• BASED ON THE ORIGINAL 1969 API 560 EQ

ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED FOR USE IN API CONSOLES OF THE '60S AND '70S, THE 560 IS A UNIQUE DEVICE DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH TASKS THAT NO OTHER EQ CAN. EXTREMELY FAST TO SET AND RESET USING ACCURATE ZERO DETENTS, THE CURVE SHAPING POTENTIAL OF THE 560 REMAINS UNMATCHED. WITH A WIDE RANGE OF 500 MOUNTING OPTIONS, FROM RACKS TO CONSOLES, THE 560 PROVES AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO ALL CRITICAL PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS. BASED ON API'S ORIGINAL 560 EQ, THE CURRENT PRODUCTION 560 HAS IMPROVED RESOLUTION IN THE ±4 DB AREA AND POSSESSES OUR EXCLUSIVE CIRCUITRY AND PROPRIETARY COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE API 2520 OP AMP.

THE EXTRAORDINARY HEADROOM MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE 2520 OFFERS CONSISTENT ANALOG PERFORMANCE EVEN WHEN USING RADICAL EQ CURVES. OF COURSE, THE 2520'S ABILITY TO DRIVE LOW IMPEDANCE LOADS IS KEY WHEN IT IS PAIRED WITH API'S CUSTOM OUTPUT TRANSFORMERS. THE RESULTS ARE QUITE AUDIBLE WITH BETTER LOW FREQUENCY REPRODUCTION AND TIGHTER IMAGING, WHICH GIVES YOU THAT LEGENDARY API "PUNCH IN YOUR GUT" SOUND.

THE 10 PRECISION EQ BANDS MAKE THE 560 IDEAL FOR SIGNAL SWEETENING AND ROOM TUNING. A GREAT COMPANION TO A PARAMETRIC EQ, THE 560 UTILIZES API'S UNIQUE "PROPORTIONAL Q" DESIGN INTRODUCED DURING THE '60S. THIS DESIGN INTUITIVELY WIDENS THE FILTER BANDWIDTH AT LOWER BOOST/CUT LEVELS AND NARROWS IT AT HIGHER SETTINGS. ADDITIONALLY, BOOST AND CUT CHARACTERISTICS ARE IDENTICAL, ALLOWING PREVIOUS ACTIONS TO BE UNDONE IF DESIRED.

RELIABLE, DURABLE AND UNIFORM, THE API 560 EQ DELIVERS THAT "ONE-OF-A-KIND API SOUND" WITH PRECISION EASY SET FILTERING AND HIGH HEADROOM IN A COMPACT PACKAGE. IF YOU WANT THE SOUND OF CLASSIC AMERICAN MUSIC IN AN EASY-TO-SET GRAPHIC EQ PACKAGE, YOU WANT THE API 560.

EXTRAS:

POWER CORD.

MODIFICATIONS:

WILLING TO SELL AS SEPARATE COMPONENTS AT A PRICE TO BE NEGOTIATED.

HISTORY:

BOUGHT THIS NEW FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT ENDED UP NOT USING IT, SO IT IS IN NEW CONDITION, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE ORIGINAL BOX ANYMORE.

COMMENTS:

THOSE SUPER SLICK LOOKING PHOTOGRAPHS ARE FROM THE API WEBSITE. THE TWO WITH MY GARDEN IN THE BACKGROUND ARE OF THE ACTUAL UNIT FOR SALE. I WILL WORK WITH YOU TO USE THE SHIPMENT METHOD OF YOUR CHOOSING AND WILL CHARGE ACTUAL SHIPPING COSTS + INSURANCE.

THIS UNIT WAS NEVER TOURED

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