Summit Audio DCL200 Stereo Compressor / Limiter

DCL200 Stereo Compressor / Limiter description:

The Summit Audio DCL200 Stereo Compressor/Limiter. Highly regarded and relied upon, delivers the subtle overtones and warmth of tube technology to lifeless or glueless mixes.

The Summit Audio DCL200 is a dual channel compressor/limiter with stereo linking capabilities. Based on a hybrid design, the DCL-200 combines the most desirable sonic characteristics of vacuum tubes with the increased reliability of solid state devices. DCL-200 circuitry incorporates selected 12AX7A vacuum tubes with high reliability 990 op-amps in a transformerless signal path, giving you an incredibly clean, precise sound, with the overtones and warmth of tube technology.

The main features of the Summit Audio DCL200 include:

• Highly regarded and relied upon, delivers the subtle overtones and warmth of tube technology to lifeless or glueless mixes
• 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
• 3 year warranty
• Hand crafted in the U.S.A.
• OUTPUT: +4 dBu (0 VU). Output is electronically balanced/unbalanced using 990 discrete operational amplifiers. Output impedance is 75. Recommended output load: 600. Max. output level: +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
• SLOPE: Adjustable from 1.1:1 to 7.1
• GAIN CONTROL DEVICE: Proprietary design
• PANEL SIZE: Standard 19 inch by 3.5 inch (2 units of rack space)
• DEPTH: 10.5 inch in addition to user's I/O cabling
• POWER: 40 watts, 115 or 230 volts operation, 50 or 60 Hz
• SHIPPING WEIGHT: 20 Ibs. (9.07 kg.)