There is a slight bend and some marks on the right rack ear but it is still rackable and functions normally. This is an analog delay unit with a vacuum tube preamps. It is not a clean digital delay but is an extraordinary unit for musical delays. Depending on how you gain stage it you can get tape like clear echos or you can push it for real grit and character.

The Ultimate Analog Delay

Upgrade your sound system with The Studio-Nugget Vacuum Tube Analog Delay. Amazing ‘tape-like’ pure analog tonality, and a feature set that will blow your mind. Enter Crucial Audio’s world famous analog delay (BBD) circuitry driven by Transformer Coupled Class A Vacuum Tube Preamp stages.  Prime Number & Tempo Indicators and an Analog VU Meter guide you towards the ultimate echoes and sonic excellence for your mix! Hand built to order by Crucial Audio.

FEATURES:

• LED Delay Time Display, with Prime Number Indicators
• Analog VU Meter with Selectable Input & Output Monitors
• Transformer Balanced  Inputs & Outputs on XLR connectors (+4dBu)
• Low Noise High Voltage Class A  Vacuum Tube Preamps
• BBD Analog Delay with Dual Analog Clocks @ 1ms resolution range from 61ms to greater than 600ms
• Coarse & Fine Delay Time Controls
• Tempo LED for Optical rhythm synchronization
• Modulation Depth & Rate Controls plus Modulation Rate LED
• Dry Level, Repeats, Delay Level & Tone Controls
• Gold Anodized Rugged 19″ 1U Rackmount Enclosure
• 115/230Vac 50/60Hz World Wide Power Input featuring Medical Grade Power Supplies

A Crucial Audio Tech Note About Prime Numbers & Delay Times: 

Professional Producers & Recording Engineers have known that Delay Times/Echoes set to Prime Numbers deliver a sonic difference in overall Echo clarity & level in the Mix. It can be an effective technique at any song tempo.

A prime number can only be divided by 1 and itself. Thus less likely to create phase cancellations of fundamental frequencies during audible intermodulation events. One example is a multi-tone of 250Hz + 1kHz Dry & Delayed Sine Waves (summed with delay range of 80 – 120ms) @ 0dBv & -10dBv.  Measurements on our Stanford Research Systems SR-760 FFT spectrum analyzer illustrate that a change of 1ms from a prime number can yield as much as -8dBv in delay gain at the 1kHz carrier during the 250Hz intermodulation. Hence the audible difference of reported echo clarity and level within the frequency feast of the ‘Mix’.

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

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