Little Labs LL2A Compressor Limiter Stereo Pair
Introducing the LL2A. An all original, fast, soft knee, state of the art compressor limiter with mastering audio fidelity. Ideally suited for everyday use on vocals and full-range material.
Features:
- Two-knob fast setup, with high quality stepped, resettable threshold and gain controls.
- Fast 400-microsecond attack, 0.9 second release soft knee compression. Also, a 2400-microsecond attack, 4.9 second release for bass, available in stand-alone mode.
- Minimalist zen differential circuit topology utilizing only two active components in the audio signal circuit path.
- Unique linear voltage multiplier gain reduction, a voltage-controlled attenuation (not amplification) unlike any other commercially available compressor.
- True VU ballistic, accurate, fun neon Nixie tube metering.
- Internal state of the art super low noise linear voltage regulation, providing full current/ voltage for active audio components and a 1MHz low noise high voltage supply for the Nixie tube.
- Linkable for two LL2A compressor stereo balanced use, or a single LL2A can be used for unbalanced stereo!
- Rear panel TRS balanced side chain insert, TS link jack, XLR and TRS balanced mono i/o jacks, stereo unbalanced use TRS (tip-left, ring-right), or XLR pin 2-left pin 3-right.
- Rack-mountable: Up to 2 LL2A compressor limiters fit in a 1u space.
- Made in California, USA.
INCLUDES: External bipolar 16v dc global filtered for audio switching power supply. Die cut foam lined box. Docs.
The I/O circuit topology of the LL2A is unique. Most audio devices have transformers or active circuits to convert a balanced signal to single-ended signals where they then are internally processed then converted back to balanced on the output using more transformers or an active circuit. The LL2A is fully differential, so what you feed it is what comes out, avoiding those input and output stages of audio degradation. To make it clear, what is fed to the + input is processed 100% separately from what is fed to the – output throughout the whole LL2A. Most Little Labs products use that topology (don’t tell anyone but that’s part of the reason they sound so good).
Spefications
Input impedance
- Mono balanced input impedance: 20k Ω
- Stereo unbalanced input impedance: 10k Ω
Output impedance
- Mono balanced output impedance:< 0.5Ω
- Stereo unbalanced output impedance: < 0.5 Ω
Maximum output level
- In balanced mono +28dB
- In unbalanced stereo +22dB
Dimensions 7.25” wide 1.5” height 7.5” depth (with knobs)
