COMP-2AThe COMP 2A is a one channel vintage style Compressor Leveler using vacuum tubes in the signal and side chain path. The input and output is transformer balanced, using two different transformers, each one optimized for its purpose. This is the way audio components were built before transistors and integrated circuits became available. Integrated circuits are small and cheap and widely used in most modern designs. The drawback is that audio components

The 5/8’ thread adator in the stand adaptor matches different stand gauges

These classic characteristics have been heard on countless recordings through the years and it is a versatile sound that works very well on most sound sources and in most genres

There are two switches for selecting two different bass rolloff filters and one switch for lowering the response in a broad range centered around 5 kHz

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The electronic circuit is built with point-to point wiring on an expensive Rogers circuit board

It is a warm-sounding

The connectors are gold plated

You can also use the bass rolloff filters to lower or remove the bass boost: The switch to the left engages a bass roll off filter that is about 3 dB down at 120 Hz and 5 dB at 50 Hz

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Selectable 6 dB/octave two frequency high pass filter

True condenser mic with 26mm/3 µm

a situation that is even more obvious now when music is recorded with clean-sounding digital audio equipment