Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Classic Levelling Amplifier

Universal Audio LA-2A
Universal Audio LA-2A
Universal Audio LA-2A
Compressor
$8799
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With the Teletronix LA-2A dial-in legendary optical tube compression textures for vocals, bass, drums, and more. You can easily add iconic warmth and tube limiting with simple, easy-to-use controls. Track and mix with a piece of audio recording history.

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Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Classic Levelling Amplifier

For over 50 years the Teletronix LA-2A has been revered for its smooth, natural, musical compression. With its unique tube-driven electro-optical attenuator system that allows instantaneous gain reduction with no increase in harmonic distortion, the LA-2A massages signals like no other compressor ever made.

The Real Deal

Universal Audio’s Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveling Amplifier reissue provides the performance characteristics of the iconic original. With painstaking care, every new LA-2A unit is point-to-point hand-wired at Universal Audio’s Custom Shop in Santa Cruz, California, with every component carefully evaluated for authenticity. As a result, today’s LA-2A will bring the same legendary compression characteristics of the original to all of your recordings. Demand the original. Accept no copy.

Teletronix LA-2A Key Highlights:

  • Dial-in legendary optical tube compression textures for vocals, bass, drums, and more
  • Easily add iconic warmth and tube limiting with simple, easy-to-use controls
  • Record your tracks through vintage UA, “handmade in the USA,” circuits
  • Track and mix with a piece of audio recording history
  • True to the original in design, manufacturing and performance
  • Lag-free, distortion-free optical attenuator system
  • Distortion less than 0.5% THD
  • 0 to 40 dB gain limiting
  • Balanced stereo interconnection
  • Frequency response 1 dB, 30 to 15,000 cps
  • Output level of 10 dBm and 40 dB gain
  • Low noise – less than 70 dB below ±10 dBm output

Input Impedance: 50, 150, 250, 600 ohms
Output Load Impedance: 50, 150, 250, 600 ohms
External Connections: Jones Barrier terminals and XLR connectors
Frequency Response: +0/-1 dB 30 Hz to 15kHz
Gain: 40 dB ±1dB
Input Level: +16 dB maximum
Output Level: +10 dB nominal, +16 dB maximum
Distortion: Less than 0.5% THD (0.25% typical) at ±10 dBm
Noise: 70 dB below +10 dBm output level
Attack Time: 10 microseconds
Release Time: 0.06 seconds for 50% release; 0.5 to 5 seconds for complete release
Meter: dB gain reduction and dB output
Power Requirements: 35 watts, 120/240 volts, 50/60 Hz
Environmental: Maximum operating temperature 160°F
Dimensions: 19″ Rackmount chassis, 3U
Weight: 5.8 kgs.

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