UA LA-2A, is it really that unique?

[SSLtech]

[quote author="CJ"]Actually, it was Ritchie Blackmer, Dave's brother.[/quote]
Ah. He did a lot of work across the spectrum, if I'm not mistaken.

[quote author="CJ"]Hey, how do LDR's work when they have a dc bias on them? Never checked that one.[/quote]
Easy: like any resistor. DC is just low frequency... very low. The DC gets turned down along with the signal in the same way as higher frequencies. If you have sudden attack times, there might be a 'thump' as the DC is modulated, but that's all... it becomes an upper sideband of sorts.

Keith

 

[JustinS]

A quote direct from the Moonley website... :wink:

This cool compressor design is the result of blending the control ideas in our best selling Variable MU® Compressor Limiter with the opto-isolator approach of the Manley ELOP® Limiter. We figured out how to compress the signal before it hit the tubes with no detrimental effect on distortion or frequency response. This way, it can prevent mic-pre clipping and eliminate whole stages of electronics

Justin.