Samson High-Rise Mono Active Inline Microphone Booster

Boost your podcasts, live streams, studio recordings, and live performances with the High-Rise from Samson, a compact, inline microphone booster that provides up to +30 dB of ultraclean, transparent gain for very low output microphones. This active mic preamp is 48V phantom powered, delivering increased headroom for your signals without passing the phantom power to your microphone, protecting sensitive, passive ribbon mics from damage. The class-A bipolar transistors ensure ultraclean gain, and the High-Rise sports switched controls for controlling your gain levels, including three gain settings (+20 dB, +20 dB with a high-frequency boost, and +30 dB) and a selectable high-pass filter at 120 Hz for reducing unwanted rumbling sounds. A simple mono XLR 3-pin input and output design makes it easy to connect to your microphone signal path in any setup, and the rugged 14-gauge steel enclosure will protect your electronics from damage in virtually any scenario, from heavy pro or home studio usage, to demanding tours and live venues.

Take Your Mic to New Heights

The High-Rise is a pre-preamp that boosts the signal of very low output mics connected to mixers, interfaces or stand-alone mic preamps that have too small of a gain range (typically a maximum of +40 to +55 dB), making some mics unusable with normal speaking levels or soft instruments.

Moving On Up

Its high-quality preamp has selectable +20 or +30 dB of clean gain, which increases headroom and allows you to achieve a usable level at the connected preamp with a much lower gain setting, thus reducing additional noise to the signal chain. The result is the best possible audio performance for low-output passive mics. It also has a +20 dB setting with a high-frequency lift for enhanced vocal presence to your performance. A selectable low-cut filter removes muddiness to improve clarity in the mic signal.

Above the Rest

A high-performance class-A design in a fully differential input and output arrangement delivers an exceptionally clean and highly transparent signal. The High-Rise operates off of phantom power, so there are no additional power supplies needed. It does not pass phantom power to the microphone, making it perfectly safe to use with delicate passive ribbon mics.

Road Ready

Tough, road ready, and highly portable, the High-Rise is housed in a 14-gauge steel enclosure that protects the electronics, and it's built to withstand the abuse of the most demanding tours or busy professional studios.