sage  ELECTRONICS®  CONNECTS  THE  DOTS  FOR CLASSIC  MCI  400  SERIES  CONSOLE  ENTHUSIASTS

Ottawa, CANADA – August 4 2009 – sage ELECTRONICS® is proud to introduce its long-awaited SE-DOT5 RED and BLUE (pure class A and class AB) discrete opamps ~ direct replacements for the 2001 and 2003 opamps found in classic MCI 400 series consoles.

Designed by sage ELECTRONICS founder / record producer Phillip Victor Bova ~ the SE-DOT5 opamps offer full rail + / – 24V operation and direct plug in compatibility.

“They have taken our beloved MCI JH-416 console to a whole new level” states Bova (who also owns and operates bova sound <http://www.bovasound.com/>) ~ “with ease.”  We’ve always cherished our 416 for its big iron sound and elegant functionality … but I have long felt that the original IC opamps limit the sonic potential of these great boards.  It was this feeling that led me to develop our two new discrete opamps – the SE-DOT5s.

Any 2001 or 2003 opamp in any stock  MCI 400 series console can be replaced with      either the  RED (class A) or BLUE (class AB) SE-DOT5 opamp.

A good initial replacement strategy might include a total of 20 SE-DOT5s

(10 RED and 10 BLUE) to allow replacement of all 2001 opamps in;

SE-DOT5 opamps are painless to install. They run on the same + / – 24 Volts as the 2001 (and 2003) opamps and feature gold pins to match the premium gold contact octal sockets on the console circuit boards. There is no requirement to add messy, instability-prone long legged DIP sockets, nor to lower PSU supply voltage as some other upgrade approaches demand.

“In my opinion” says Bova “upgrading with these discrete opamps moves the sound of our MCI consoles directly into the company of desks such as api, Spectra Sonics, Sphere and     Quad-Eight.”

Each SE-DOT5™(RED or BLUE) opamp carries a manufacturer’s suggested list          price of CDN $59. (US $54.70 by today’s exchange rate.) and is available directly from the manufacturer below   {also the makers of the exotic purple-heart faced SE-Pre1™    mic pre, the well camouflaged D.I. JOE™ di box and the freakish SE-BB1™ bova ball condenser microphone}

To see / hear and understand more please visit sage ELECTRONICS                                  at http://www.sage-2021.local / write to:  sage@sageelectronics.com  or call            +(613) 228-0449