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.
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 handwired 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.
Universal Audio Teletronix LA2A 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
- Teletronix LA2A Compressor1
- Input Impedance50, 150, 250, 600 ohms
- Output Load Impedance50, 150, 250, 600 ohms
- External ConnectionsJones Barrier terminals and XLR connectors
- Frequency Response+0/-1 dB 30 Hz to 15kHz
- Gain40 dB ±1dB
- Input Level+16 dB maximum
- Output Level+10 dB nominal, +16 dB maximum
- DistortionLess than 0.5% THD (0.25% typical) at ±10 dBm
- Noise70 dB below +10 dBm output level
- Attack Time10 microseconds
- Release Time0.06 seconds for 50% release; 0.5 to 5 seconds for complete release
- MeterdB gain reduction and dB output
- Power Requirements35 watts, 120/240 volts, 50/60 Hz
- EnvironmentalMaximum operating temperature 160°F
- Dimensions19" Rackmount chassis, 3U
- Weight13 lbs.
