The EMI TG12345 console was introduced in 1968 as the first transistorized recording console at Abbey Road Studios, replacing the valve-based REDD desks. It was used to record landmark albums including The Beatles Abbey Road and Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon. The TG sound—thick, smooth, and mid-forward—became synonymous with classic British recording. Stam Audio developed the SA-T69 to bring this legendary Abbey Road sound to modern studios, using carefully selected components to match the EMI transformers and discrete Class A circuitry that defined the original.
SA-T69
2017
The Stam Audio SA-T69 is a replica of the legendary Helios Type 69 channel strip — the console that recorded Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones at Olympic Studios in London. Built with a Sowter input transformer (custom Lustraphone replica), Carnhill inductors, and faithful to the original Dick Swettenham schematic. Features a 7-step rotary gain switch with 10dB per position, 70dB of gain, three-band EQ with 10kHz high shelf, 50Hz low-cut or adjustable boost low band, and adjustable peak/through mid band via two Carnhill inductors. Less than 0.5% THD. Hand made in Chile.