Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveling Amplifier
Opto Tube Leveling Amplifier
Compressor / Limiter$4,999Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- Opto Tube Leveling Amplifier
- Topology
- tube, opto (T4 electro-optical attenuator)
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono/stereo
- Form factor
- rack
- Rack units
- 3U
- Powered
- internal PSU
- Power (W)
- 35
- Frequency response
- 30 Hz - 15 kHz, +0/-1 dB
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: gain, peak reduction, gain reduction meter, limit/compress switch
I/O: Jones Barrier terminal + XLR in/out
Notes: Reissue of Jim Lawrence's original early-1960s Teletronix LA-2A; hand-wired at UA Custom Shop, Santa Cruz CA. Up to 40dB gain reduction, THD <0.5%. Note: a separate UAFX 'Teletronix LA-2A Studio Compressor' PEDAL also exists at uaudio.com/products/teletronix-la-2a-studio-compressor -- that is a guitar/stompbox format product and is OUT OF SCOPE per brief (excluded, not included here). Price basis: Sweetwater street price, Jul 2026.