The optional digital I/O card is priced USD 995.

Price and availabilityĪMS Neve products always come at a cost, so the retail price of USD 3,695 shouldn’t make anyone bat an eye. Thus, the 1073 OPX can be employed as a primary audio interface for your DAW, as well as a Primary and/or Secondary Dante interface for Audio-over-IP connections. An optional digital I/O card adds mastering-grade converters with up to 192kHz/24-bit analog-to-digital conversion over USB. The 1073 OPX’s connectivity enables its use as a standalone audio interface, complete with a zero-latency monitoring signal path. There are also card expansion bays next to the DB25 line output and Dante connectors. A pair of balanced monitor outputs on XLR connectors, a pair of balanced monitor inputs on XLR connectors, a DB25 connector for line outputs 1 – 8, Word Clock I/O, USB audio port, and a pair of Dante ports (primary and secondary) for Ethernet audio. On the front, you will also find a single headphone output, a mono switch, and USB / Dante activation buttons for remote control over USB or Dante network.

There are three more buttons to each – +48v phantom power, -25dB pad, and Lo Z. AMS Neve 1073 OPX – front panelĮach preamp has a Mic/Line/DI selector, a FNT button and an 80Hz cut button, along with a gain adjustment knob and digital gain display. This is a 2U-sized rack unit which packs eight remote-controlled mic/line preamps along with a plethora of modern analog and digital connections. To commemorate the 1073’s 50-year anniversary (yes, the preamp is this old), AMS Neve introduced the 1073 OPX.

Neve 1073 preamp.