Retro Instruments PowerStrip Recording Channel
Tube Mic Pre + Pultec-style EQ + Variable-mu Compressor
Channel StripPrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Channel Strip
- Description
- Tube Mic Pre + Pultec-style EQ + Variable-mu Compressor
- Topology
- all-tube/valve; Class-A transformer-coupled RCA-style mic preamp + Pultec-style passive program EQ (same EQ section as the 2A3) + EMI/British-style variable-mu tube compressor
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- 19-inch rack
- Rack units
- 2U
- Powered
- ±16V @ 155 mA, 48V @ 3 mA (preamp section, per aggregated dealer specs)
- Frequency response
- ±0.25 dB, 20 Hz–20 kHz
- Sensitivity
- Gain 48 dB (2-stage) or 76 dB (3-stage); input -72 to +12 dBu; EIN -128 dB; output clip headroom +24 dBu
- Impedance (Ω)
- Input >1000Ω; Output 600Ω, transformer balanced
- Phantom power
- 48V
Details
Controls: Preamp gain, LF boost/cut (20/30/60/100 Hz) plus shared HF EQ section, six selectable compressor attack/release time-constants, phantom power
I/O: XLR input/output, transformer balanced
Notable use: Bruce Sugar (used to record Joe Walsh, Steve Lukather, Peter Frampton on a Ringo Starr album); Mat Kearney; Devin Powers; Russ Long / Pro Audio Review (2012): 'sonically stunning'
Notes: DISCONTINUED. Manufacturer's products.php explicitly lists 'Powerstrip Recording Channel' as discontinued, and the direct product URL no longer renders spec content — it redirects to the same generic testimonial/reviews template as OP-6. Combines a Class-A RCA-style tube mic pre, the same Pultec-style EQ section used in the standalone 2A3, and an EMI-style British variable-mu tube compressor in one 2U chassis (manufacturer's own description: 'vintage studio in a box'). Specs above are aggregated from search-engine synthesis of dealer pages that appear to mirror now-removed manufacturer copy — confidence is lower than a direct manufacturer fetch (none of the retailer pages could be directly verified via fetch during this pass; several returned 403/blocked). Re-verify before catalog publish. Price not confirmed anywhere as MSRP — left blank.