Hi

Well, they don't use the three stage set up like the 1290 and the 1073 but they do use the "balance the gain across both stages" system that Neve used when using the 1272 as a talkback mic amp so, in my humble opinion, this eliminates the issue with the over stressed pre amp on the other clones and would work better.

A 1290 it isn't, a nice pre it is.

Seventh Circle Audio

No connection with the firm, etc. (but, on my site's Ask Geoff Neve questions forum, that system is how I recommend folk to wire their 1272s. The system most cloners use is based on a circuit posted on the internet by a non-Neve understanding soul some years back).