Golden Age Project COMP-554 MKII

Features Vintage style electronics. No integrated circuits in the signal path. Based on a classic diode bridge design. Transformer balanced input and output. Prepared for a Carnhill transformer upgrade (standard in the Plus version). Flexible control range for threshold, ratio, attack and recovery. All controls except the gain make-up one are stepped. Three selectable sidechain fi lter frequencies. Three fl exibel sidechain options; Internal, Insert and External. The external sidechain I/O is electronically balanced @ 4dBu and appears on the right slot rack connections. Separate switches for hardwire bypass and compression out. Two insert connectors for inserting the EQ-573 in the main audio and/or sidechain signal path. Meter selectable for output (two reference levels, +4 and +12 dBu) and gain reduction. Possibility to link two units for stereo operation. Three position Air EQ switch, Flat, +3 or +6 dB @ 30 kHz. Two position output termination switch for different tones. A soft start circuit that ramps up the supply voltage slowly (about 10 sec.) to avoid a power-on current surge. A great sound that suits most sound sources and genres.