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COMPLETE TRANSIENT MANIPULATION ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL.
The 260VU was born by starting with a very interesting request from John Kennedy years ago bugging us to bring this back, very old and vintage (some would say “archaic”) circuit for inspiration and old-school, oft forgotten design aesthetics. During the exhaustive and meticulous R & D stage of the D-Comp; trying to “modernize” the overall topology and sonics of this circuit, we were able to carve out and create something fresh and new that still retained all of the desirable, often quirky aspects of the original vintage unit.
After much anticipation; we are absolutely elated to present this special creation to the AudioScape Family (past, present and future!)
How did this come to be?
We spent well over 2 YEARS….. in the design phase alone. (Don’t even get us started on the layout, discovering and deciding on the perfect marriage of components, design aesthetics; the list goes ON and ON…..)
A TEAM EFFORT; Great products are always a TEAM effort and every AS product is this way.
We’d like to give a special shout out to Matt Walton at Iron Age Audio for doing the pcb design for this product and also helping dissect and recreate the VCA for this venerable compressor. His insight and suggestions during the R&D phase really helped make this product a reality. Also, another special shoutout to our lead Mechanical Engineer Ryan Schmied for tirelessly dissecting and recreating this lovely case design, meter pushbuttons and everything else mechanically challenging on the 260VU.
WHY SHOULD YOU BUY A 260VU?
- Proudly built in small-batches from end to end on site, in the USA by a small team of skilled assemblers. Each assembler is assigned 2 products, making them masters of their craft!
- KNOW where your hard-earned money is going and feel GOOD about ANY purchase made from us! Every dollar spent helps feed a family, fund college tuition and supports NEW product development / R & D!
- Our margins are very tight. BUT, this sacrifice allows us FULL control over EVERY aspect of the manufacturing and assembly process.
- We are able to capitalize on the USA surplus market and use NOS parts where it matters and most importantly, we are able to offer a product that is (in our biased opinions), simply a step above the competition.
Great products speak for themselves. Lovingly Hand-Crafted, One-at-a-Time in Small Batches right here in the USA!
Please listen to the audio examples and watch the demo video for a TINY sampling of what this truly remarkable compressor / limiter is capable of!
We LOVE all of YOU! Our AUDIOSCAPE Family! And we hope you love this compressor just as much as we do.
Euro & UK Voltage
AUDIOSCAPE offers a HASSLE-FREE, 2-YEAR UK WARRANTY included with EVERY unit we sell!
260VU Deluxe Edition Features & Specs
Handcrafted in the USA
Stylish 2U 19" Rackmount - accurate to the original, down to the quirky meter push-buttons!
Original VCA design using vintage and custom components, with the same exact response/THD as the original VCA’s
Original RMS detector circuit featuring vintage CA3083 and silver can LM301 opamps
Original-style “Above/Below” threshold indicator LEDs
RMS timing Link Switch links the detectors together for even more flexibility over the sidechain
Electronically balanced discrete/transistor +4dBu circuitry, like the original
6 position Sidechain High-Pass Filter Switch
Blend control
True Bypass
Iron Push Switches for our US made Custom wound Output transformers for the best saturation
Meticulously hand-selected/measured NOS components in critical parts of the circuit
Premium hand-selected, sonically superior components throughout (as always!)
Alpha potentiometers
Antek International Series toroidal power transformer
Exclusive AudioScape custom analog dB gain reduction meters
Neutrik metal XLR input and output connectors
Low-noise custom 120V/240V power supply
**specifications, parts & pricing subject to change ;-)