Anthony DeMaria Labs ADL 1500
Stereo tube optical compressor/limiter
Compressor / LimiterPrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- Stereo tube optical compressor/limiter
- Topology
- all-tube/valve, optical (opto attenuators), transformer-balanced, no ICs/chips; similar build to the ADL 1000
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- dual mono, stereo-linkable (stereo-link switch + stereo-adjust pots on front panel)
- Form factor
- 2U rack
- Rack units
- 2
- Frequency response
- 15 Hz – 30 kHz ±0.5 dB
- Impedance (Ω)
- 600
- Introduced
- 1993
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: Stereo-link switch (front panel), stereo-adjust potentiometers (front panel); gain/threshold, attack ~10μs, release ~0.07s (50%) to 0.5–4s (100%) per tech specs
I/O: Balanced XLR in/out (per channel), 600-ohm; also works with unbalanced systems
Notable use: David J. Frangioni (Aerosmith, Extreme), Michael Lutz (Ted Nugent Band), Rich Davis (FOH for Jimmy Buffett), Mick Guzauski (Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand), Charlie Daniels
Notes: ADL describes it as 'similar in design to an LA-2A' — FLAGGED classic reference: Teletronix LA-2A (opto compression lineage), in dual-mono/stereo-linked form. Tube complement: 4x12AX7A, 2x12BH7A, 2x6AQ5A. Weight 16 lb. Third-party retail sources have cited street prices in the ~$2,700 range, but not manufacturer-published, so price_usd left blank per golden rule.