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Your cart is empty.Golden Age Opto Compression The Golden Age Comp-2A is a single-channel optical compressor/leveler designed after the most coveted tube compressor of all time. The Comp-2A features vacuum tubes in its signal and side-chain path, and its input and output are transformer-balanced with separate transformers, each optimized for its intended purpose. This is how audio components were built before the advent of transistors and integrated circuits, and it pays dividends in the form of warm, deliciously musical vintage-inspired sound. Sweetwater knows you want one, and we have good news: the Comp-2A is so delightfully affordable, you'll likely want two for stereo linking.Built like the classics There's a reason the best vintage gear is still coveted half-a-century on. It's the discrete circuitry. With transformer-balanced I/O and no ICs in the circuit path, these components served up the sound that powered a million hit records: warm, characterful, punchy. Golden Age doesn't use ICs.
Gordon Witty
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2022
GA not only gave us an affordable piece of gear, but the options to put other tubes in there really gives this unit the versatility both musically & financially. I haven’t experimented with tube swaps yet, but after a quick google search, there seems to be forums of people’s trials.Even with that, let your ears guide you. It’s a great unit. If you’re looking for this, odds are you are able to hear the difference this unit can make.
AndrewCCM
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2021
Well built…does the LA2A thing and is the real deal with circuit path. I definitely recommend. Great price for what you get.
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