You've never worked with a compressor that comes close to the LA-2A! Highly acclaimed by audio pros for its natural compression, the LA-2A brings a special, timeless quality to your recordings that you can't get with any other compressor. A unique electro-optical attenuator system allows instantaneous gain reduction with no increase in harmonic distortion.

Universal Audio Features:
GAIN REDUCTION: Up to 40 dB
DISTORTION: Less than 0.5% THD (0.25% typical) at ±10 dBm
RESPONSE: ±0,1 dB 30 cycles to 15 Kcycles
NOISE: 70 dB below +10 dBm output level
GAIN: 40 dB ± 1dB
OUTPUT LEVEL: +10 dB nominal, + 16 dB maximum
INPUT LEVEL: + 16 dB maximum
ATTACK TIME: @ 10 microseconds
RELEASE TIME: 0.06 seconds for 50% release; 0.5 to 5 seconds for complete release
INPUT IMPEDANCE: 50, 150, 250, 600 ohms
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 50, 150, 250, 600 ohms
CONTROLS: Gain, Peak Reduction and Meter selector
METER: dB gain reduction and dB output
DIMENSIONS: 19" standard rackmount chassis
POWER REQUIREMENTS: 35 watts, 120/240 volts, 50/60 cps