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Manley Variable Mu Limiter Compressor #MSLC94353HP (Used)

Stereo tube compressor/limiter

Product Description

The Manley Variable Mu Limiter / Compressor has been our best selling product for many years. It is one of the very few compressors that has become a real standard in Mastering studios and contributed to most hit records over the last decade and probably the next. "Mu" is tube-speak for gain, and Variable Mu is our registered trademark for this limiter compressor. It works by using the "remote cut-off" or re-biasing of a vacuum tube to achieve compression.

Features
  • Manley input & output transformers with nickel laminations in mu-metal cases with flat frequency response from 20Hz-25KHz
  • Balanced Inputs and Outputs(600 ohms)
  • Fully differential ALL-TUBE circuitry using one each 5670, 5751, 7044 or 5687, & 12AL5 per channel
  • Independently regulated B+ and Heater supplies
  • Hard-wire Bypass switch
  • Silent conductive plastic dual Input attenuator
  • Recovery 5 steps: 0.2s, 0.4s, 0.6s, 4sec., 8sec.
  • Variable Attack: 25 ms-70 ms
  • Continuously variable Threshold
  • Limit (4:1 to 20:1) or Compress (1.5 to 1)
  • Large Illuminated Sifam Meters
  • Stereo Link Switch
  • Maximum gain: 35dB
  • Max. output: +30dBu (26Vrms) 26dB Headroom
  • <0.1% THD @ 1kHz Noise floor: -85dB typical
  • Power Consumption (120/240VAC): 80 watts
  • Operating Mains Voltage changeable with power transformer changeover switch and fuse value change.
  • Mains Voltage Frequency: 50~ 60Hz
  • Dimensions: 19 x 3 1/2 x 10 (chassis occupies 2u) Power transformer protrudes 3.5" out the back of the chassis.

Product Specifications

Condition Used / Vintage
Tube or Solid State Tube
Chassis 19-inch Rack-mount
Rack Spaces 2U

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