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DW Fearn VT-7 Compressor  From DW Fearn

Warm and organic, this stereo tube compressor never gets in the way of what you are recording

DW Fearn

$9,800.00

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Manufacturer's Description from DW Fearn

The two channels may be used independently or linked together for stereo. A built in side-chain high-pass filter may be selected to reduce the compression on bass-heavy material.

Controls (each channel):

Threshold

Gain

Attack

Release

Harder/Softer

Separate/Link/Link HPF

 

The VU meters may be switched between indicating gain reduction or output level.

 

The VT-7 has a highly transparent sound, although it can be used more aggressively when needed. Artifacts of the compression process are substantially lower than in most other compressors.

 

The two channels may be used independently or linked for stereo. In addition, a third position on the Link switch inserts a high-pass filter (HPF) in the side-chain to reduce the gain-reduction sensitivity of the VT-7 to low frequencies. This is a gentle roll-off, nominally at 100Hz. This allows a bass-heavy mix to have a better frequency balance and prevents heavy low-frequency audio from modulating the audio level.

 

New VT-7s have been optimized to eliminate the need for an internal fan. While the fans in D.W. Fearn equipment has always been extraordinarily quiet, research has shown that no fan is even quieter. 

 

Like all our products, the VT-7 is designed to process high-quality audio and make it sound even better.

 

The VT-7 is equally adept in tracking as well as a bus compressor. Even jazz and classical tracks can be sent through the VT-7 for some mild gain control without obvious effect other than a significant improvement in the overall sound of the mix.

 

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About Manufacturer

D.W. Fearn manufactures professional vacuum tube audio equipment. Our microphone preamplifiers and equalizers are in daily use around the globe, in personal studios as well as in the world's top recording studios.

Specifications

(no gain reduction, unity gain)

Frequency Response: 20Hz – 20kHz +/- 0.5dB

-3dB at 5Hz and 65kHz

THD: less than 0.07%

Signal to Noise Radio: better than 80dB