Summit Audio DCL-200 Dual Tube Compressor
Tube vs. solid-state technology. It’s a debate as old as transistors. Now you can have the best of both worlds with the DCL-200 Compressor/Limiter from a leader in high-end gear, Summit Audio. Based on a proprietary hybrid design, the DCL-200 two-channel compressor-limiter combines the most desirable sonic characteristics of vacuum tubes with the increased reliability of solid-state devices. Its circuitry incorporates selected 12AX7A vacuum tubes with high-reliability 990 op-amps in a transformerless signal path. This exceptional compressor is perfectly suited for use in professional recording studios, MIDI project studios, broadcast facilities, sound reinforcement, and mastering studios. Features include: Continuously variable attack and release times, variable slope, soft-knee transition characteristics, sidechain inserts, and peak overload indicators.
Summit Audio DCL-200 Features
- Continuously variable attack and release times
- Adjustable threshold
- Variable slope (ratio)
- Output gain control
- Soft-knee transition characteristic
- Stereo link switch
- Dual true VU meters
- Side chain insert
- Bypass switch
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Hand crafted in the USA
Summit Audio DCL-200 Specifications
- OUTPUT: +4 dBu corresponds to 0 VU. The output is electronically balanced or unbalanced using 990 discrete operational amplifiers. Output impedance is 75. The recommended output load is 600. Maximum output level is +25 dBu.
- INPUT: Electronically balanced XLR. Input impedance of 40 k
- FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 5 Hz to 70 kHz
- NOISE: 80 dB below operating level, 10 Hz to 80 kHz (unweighted)
- DISTORTION: Less than 0.05% at +4 dBu (unweighted)
- ATTACK TIME: 0.1 mS to 100 mS
- RELEASE TIME: 45 mS to 10 S. Note: Attack and release times vary with the amount of gain reduction and are program dependent.
- SLOPE: Adjustable from 1.1:1 to 7.1
- GAIN CONTROL DEVICE: Proprietary design
- PANEL SIZE: Standard 19″ by 3.5″ (2 units of rack space)
- DEPTH: 10.5″ in addition to user’s I/O cabling
- POWER: 40 watts, 115 or 230 volts operation, 50 or 60 Hz
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SHIPPING WEIGHT: 20 Ibs. (9.07 kg.)