IGS Audio A-Type 525
Discrete VCR feedback compressor
Compressor / LimiterPrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- Discrete VCR feedback compressor
- Topology
- solid-state, VCR (voltage-controlled-resistor) feedback compression, discrete
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- 500-series module
- Powered
- via 500-series chassis
- Frequency response
- 8Hz-20kHz +/-0.1dB
- Country of manufacture
- Poland
Details
Controls: Compress switch (gain+threshold), Threshold, Output, Mode (Compressor 2:1 / Limiter 20:1), Release (0.1/0.5/1.5/2.0s), De-esser mode
I/O: Balanced XLR in (SSM2141 op-amp) / out (transformer-coupled)
Notes: IGS states inspiration from "a legendary American design from the 1970s" without naming the specific unit - flagged as an unresolved classic reference (possibly dbx/UA feedback-compressor lineage). Attack 15 microseconds; max GR -25dB. Price EUR-only (755 EUR).