Only 50 units are available, hand-built by Manley engineers.
Born in the Chino, California desert, the Manley Stereo Variable Mu Compressor Limiter is the glue that holds your mix together while crystallizing it into a professional final product. For three decades, the Variable Mu has given us that giant smiley face curve with sparkles on top and a warm glow below that we know so well. It’s an all-tube, all-transformer, all-American legend heard on about 70% of all mastered music. Now we’re celebrating its three decades on the planet with a limited-edition T-Bar XXX version that delivers everything you love about the Variable Mu, with the expanded superpower of extreme limiting. This mod makes the Variable Mu even smoother when pushed beyond 6dB of compression. Using two matched 6BA6 pentodes tied as triodes makes this a better choice than an unobtainable and unsortable 6386.
Features: - Stereo tube compressor/limiter - Limited special edition - T-bar modification with 4 6BA6 tubes - Manley Iron input and output transformers - Adjustable input level: -8dB to +8dB - Continuously adjustable threshold - Adjustable attack control time: 25 - 70ms - 5-stage recovery rotary switch: 0.2 to 8s - High-pass sidechain filter: -3dB at 70Hz - Operating modes: Limiter (4:1 to 20:1) or Compressor (1.5:1) - Hardware bypass switch per channel - Max. gain: 10000rpm - 10000rpm : 35 dB - Illuminated VU meter - Stereo-Link switch - XLR inputs and outputs - Type: 19"/2U - Weight: 7.5 kg
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