Anthony DeMaria Labs ADL 700
Tube mic pre + FET compressor + 4-band EQ channel strip
Channel StripPrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Channel Strip
- Description
- Tube mic pre + FET compressor + 4-band EQ channel strip
- Topology
- all-tube preamp (Class A, dual-transformer, ±300V rails) + solid-state FET compressor + 4-band semi-parametric EQ; transformer-balanced I/O
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono / single-channel (compressor is stereo-linkable across two units)
- Form factor
- 2U rack
- Rack units
- 2
- Power (W)
- 100
- Frequency response
- 10 Hz to 45 kHz ±1 dB
- Impedance (Ω)
- Mic in: 150/300/900/1500 (selectable); Line in: 2k; Instrument in: 1M; Output: 50
- Back design
- IEC power connector; 2U 19" rack-mountable steel chassis
- Introduced
- 2012
Details
Controls: Preamp: input-source select, 8-position gain switch, variable trim, variable HPF (20/40/80/200Hz), -20dB pad, polarity invert, 48V phantom; Compressor (FET): attack, release, threshold, ratio, makeup gain, bypass, stereo link; EQ: 4-band semi-parametric (2 peak mid bands, hi/lo bands switchable peak/shelf, fixed Q 0.55, pre/post-compressor placement switch, bypass); dual-mode VU meter (output/gain-reduction) with -6dB offset switch
I/O: 1x XLR mic in (transformer-balanced), 1x XLR line in (transformer-balanced), 1x 1/4" instrument in (unbalanced, front panel); 1x XLR line out (transformer-balanced)
Notable use: Chuck Ainlay, Jimmy Douglass, Mark Mancina, Keb' Mo, Teddy Riley, Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs)
Notes: Single-channel channel strip combining tube preamp (1x12AT7A + 2x6922), FET compressor, and 4-band semi-parametric EQ. ADL's About/timeline page lists a 2012 joint venture with PreSonus for an 'ADL/PreSonus 700 Channel Strip' — year_intro reflects that timeline entry; a separately-branded 'PreSonus ADL700' also exists in the market, so the exact relationship to this ADL-branded unit is FLAGGED as ambiguous/inferred. Country of manufacture not explicitly stated on ADL 700 pages; left blank per golden rule. Price not published by manufacturer.