AMS NEVE 33609/N
The World’s Finest Stereo Compressor, Bar None.
This desert island stereo compressor offers comprehensive limiting and compression facilities ideal for music recording, mastering, post-production and broadcast applications.
The 33609/N uses exclusive Marinair® specification transformers on the input, bridge-driver, sidechain and output stages – Neve® colour throughout.
General Specification
- Legendary dual channel diode-bridge compressor/limiter
- Discrete class-A design offers fast and slow attack times, multiple release times and threshold levels
- Optional link to other units for multi-channel use
- Hand-crafted by Neve in Burnley, UK
Audio Performance
- Input: Input Impedance 10k? (internally switchable to 600? , refer to vendor)
- Output: Maximum output >26dBu into 600?, balanced and earth free
- Distortion: <0.075% at 1kHz (bypass in, compress and limit out, input level 9dBu); <0.2% at 1kHz (compress in, ratio 6:1, gain 20dB, recovery 800mS, threshold -18dBu); <0.45% at 1kHz (limit in, compress out, recovery 800mS, input level 22dBu, threshold -18dBu)
- Frequency Response: ±0.5dB 20Hz to 20kHz rel. 1kHz
- Noise: -75dBu, 22Hz – 22kHz, input terminated with 600? (bypass in, compress and limit out), -55dBu (compress in, gain 20dB)
- Limit Threshold: 4dBu to 15dBu
- Limit Ratio: Change in output level <0.1dB with 10dBu to 20dBu step input
- Limit Attack Time: Fast 2ms ±1, slow 4ms ±1
- Limit Recovery Time: 50ms to 800ms, a1 (auto): 100ms/2000ms, a2 (auto): 50ms/5000ms
- Compress Ratio: 1.5:1 to 6:1
- Compress Attack Time: Fast 3ms ±1, slow 6ms ±1 with 100Hz first order high-pass filter
- Compress Recovery Time: 100ms to 1500ms, a1 (auto): 100ms/2000ms, a2 (auto): 50ms/5000ms
Dimensions
- Width: 482mm (19 inches)
- Height: 90mm (3.5 inches) (2U)
- Depth: 254mm (10 inches)
- Weight: 5kg (11 pounds)