Universal Audio LA-2A (B-Stock)

Audio professionals revere the LA-2A. The original was immediately acknowledged for its smooth, natural compression characteristics. A unique tube-driven electro-optical attenuator system allows instantaneous gain reduction with no increase in harmonic distortion — an accomplishment at the time, still appreciated today. The Universal Audio LA-2A is a faithful reissue marking the rebirth of the Teletronix LA-2A. Painstaking care has been taken to ensure that every new LA-2A provides the performance characteristics of the original. Each unit is point-to-point hand-wired and built in Scotts Valley, 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.

Each unit is hand-built and hand-wired in-house at UA with each component being carefully evaluated for authenticity. No expense has been spared to guarantee that this LA-2A will bring that classic sound to your recording. Demand the original. Accept no copy.

FEATURES:

• 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
• Hand-built in USA

SPECIFICATIONS:

• 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 15 kHz
• Gain: 40 dB ±1 dB
• 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 milliseconds
• 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, 50/60Hz
• Weight: 13 lb