Heritage Audio HA 609A Elite

2-Channel Mono / Stereo Compressor / Limiter

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Technical Data

Manufactured by Heritage Audio
Released in 2019
Average price : $2012
Fully discreet class A circuit
Three Carnhill / St. Ives transformers per channel
Exact adjustment of the compressor characteristics / response from channel to channel thanks to a unique diode bridge circuit
True bypass per channel
Line input impedance: 10 kOhm, transformer balanced
Output impedance: <75 ohms, transformer balanced
Frequency range: 20 to 20000 Hz
Threshold: -20 to +20 dBu (compressor), 0 to +20 dB (limiter)
Ratio: 1.5: 1 to 6: 1 (compressor)
Attack: Fast / Normal (compressor, limiter)
Release: 100 ms to 1,500 ms, 2x depending on the auto program (compressor)
Release: 50 ms to 800 ms, 2 x auto-program dependent (limiter)
Makeup Gain: 0 to 20 dB
2 Line inputs: XLR
2 Line outputs: XLR
Design: 19"/ 2 U
Includes external power supply (100 - 240V)