Retro Instruments 176 Limiting Amplifier

Features:

• Authentic variable-mu tube design
• Precision Knob scales for easy recallability
• Continuously variable attack and release time
• Four settings of compression ratio from soft compression to limiting (2:1, 4:1, 8:1, 12:1)
• Wide-Range Sidechain Highpass Filter
• Vocal Asymmetry Tool
• Hard-wire Bypass Switch
• Interstage Transformer Bypass Switch
• High Quality VU Meter switchable between Input, Output and Gain Reduction
• XLR input and output connections
• IEC power connector
• 115/230V AC Mains
• Integral tube balance test
• Easy stereo strapping of two or more units
• Selected NOS tubes and components

Specifications:

• 20 dB of available gain reduction
• Signal to noise ratio of greater than 76dB
• Flat frequency response within 0.5dB from 20-20,000Hz
• Harmonic Distortion of less than 1% from 0-15dB gain reduction

“I put the Retro Instruments 176 in the same class as its legendary inspiration. There are only a handful of compressors that everyone can agree are desert island worthy, time will prove this to be one of them. It’s a perfect vocal tool, now I can’t imagine mixing without it”

Jacquire King
Grammy-Winning Producer & Engineer

“Phil Moore did a great job! Bill Putnam would smile!!! The Retro Instruments 176 has become my first choice for lead vocals, it now stands alone at the finish line!”

Chris Lord-Alge
Grammy-Winning Producer & Engineer

“Normally a compressor controls sound, the Retro Instruments 176 “creates” sound.  Shed No More Tears about it, the Retro Instruments 176 IS the Master Of Puppets.”

Michael Wagener
Producer, Engineer