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Universal Audio LA-2A Classic Leveling Amplifier

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True to the original design, UA’s famed tube-amplified T4 electro-optical compressor.

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. Teletronix founder Jim Lawrence first used photocells for controlling audio gain in the early 1960s. His ingenious optical compression design was a technological breakthrough, far surpassing the stability and transparency of earlier circuits. Universal Audio founder M.T. "Bill" Putnam later purchased this patented technology, continuing to manufacture the LA-2A for years to come.

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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 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.

Features

  • Dial-in legendary optical tube compression textures for vocals, bass, drums and more
  • Record your tracks through vintage UA "handmade in the USA" circuits
  • Easily add iconic warmth and tube limiting with simple, easy-to-use controls
  • Track and mix with a piece of audio recording history

This legendary piece of hardware remains untouched for today's professional recording environment.

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