GC audio Inherit System User Manual

User Manual GC Audio Inherit System
Thank you for purchasing the GC Audio Inherit system.
We hope you have as much fun using it as we had designing it !
The GC-Audio Inherit system is an innovative audio device that allows to have many types of preamplifiers
in a single 19'' rack.
Its « Hot Plug » design allows users to test a wide range of assorted sounds.
Unlike other modular formats, it allows the implementation of high-voltage or high-current multiple-voltage
preamplification technologies.
In addition, the absence of space constraints and the best EMC environment allows less compromise in
electronic designs.
It results in outstanding audio quality.
The Inherit system will therefore give you access to complex preamps (such as true tube preamplifiers or
complex discret design) that are impossible to get on a lunchbox.
It is a premium device specialized in sound recording aimed at professional sound engineers looking for
uncompromising result.
This new design also allows you to quickly test various preamplification technologies without a
patchbay.
The rack's custom power supply has been designed with great care and contains 7 unique voltages
which are generated by three toroidal wire transformers.
All functions are analog but digitally controled in a well shielded construction designed to protect the
signal path.
This enable each cartridge to keep its unique and unadulterated sound.
During a take, users can quickly and easily compare e.g., the sharpness of a transistor preamp with
the warmth of a real tube preamp without a patchbay.
Some cartridges are designed around proven technologies that are part of recording studio standards
and others are designed from new exclusive technologies specific to the Inherit system.
As for proven technologies, numerous improvements have been made to achieve a high signal to noise
ratio while maintaining the original behavior and tonal color.
Currently these 7 cartridges are available (More cartridges will be released soon!):
➢ RE-73 : Class A preamp, unbalancing & balancing by Original Carnhill Transformer
➢ RE-98 : Class A differential preamp, ultra-low noise discrete components, Balanced by
Lundahl Transformer.
➢ RE-VR : unbalanced by an Original TF10015 rebuilt transformer, preamplification and balanced
by an Ultra-low noise Operational Amplifier.
➢ RE-4K: unbalanced by an Original Jensen 115 transformer, preamplification and balanced by an
Ultra-low noise Operational Amplifier.
➢ Tube Heat: True Tube High voltage preamplifier, unbalanced and balanced by transformer, no
discrete component in the signal path.
➢ RE-15 : Class A differential preamp, unbalanced and balancing by an ultra-low noise
Operational Amplifier.
➢ The Graham Langley signature cartridge: Designed with Graham Langley to be the best
possible preamp with his unique signature. To use the unique capabilities of the Inherit system.