Maselec MPL-2
Mastering peak and HF limiter
Compressor / Limiter$4,600Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- Mastering peak and HF limiter
- Topology
- discrete, precision stepped controls
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- stereo / dual-mono
- Form factor
- Rack
- Rack units
- 1U
- Powered
- internal AC PSU (mains powered)
- Impedance (Ω)
- 100000
- Country of manufacture
- United Kingdom
Details
Controls: independent wideband peak limiter and HF limiter circuits, each with its own threshold control and on/off switch, 6-segment LED gain-reduction meters per channel; Input Gain 0-10dB, Threshold +14 to +22dBu, HF Threshold 0-26dB below limiter threshold (HF limiter range up to 11dB, centered ~2kHz)
I/O: 2x balanced XLR inputs, 2x balanced XLR outputs; 100k ohm ground-floating electronically balanced input impedance, 33 ohm electronically balanced output impedance, +29dBu max input and output
Notable use: Dedicated stereo peak + high-frequency (de-essing-style) limiter for the final mastering stage, companion to the MEA-2/MLA-4.
Notes: Confirmed current per Studiocare UK / RSPE Audio dealer catalogs. Distortion typically <0.003% per spec sheet excerpts; input/output dynamic range >100-120dB. Country of manufacture inferred from retailer tags, maselec.com itself unreachable during research (connection refused).