REVIVE AUDIO UREI LA-10, COMPRESSOR/LIMITER, TRANSFORMER OUTPUT!

REVIVE AUDIO MODIFIED UREI LA-10

I love this compressor. Only reason I am selling is that I have run out of rack space and have to make some tough choices :)

Purchased this from Revive approx 7 years ago.

Here is there listing info on the unit:

Urei La-10 Compressor/Limiter that sounds killer and comes loaded with our full complement of modifications and a sweet transformer output section.

Stock these are very nice sounding units that are smooth, dynamic and punchy but sound a bit grainy, muddy and harsh sounding when headroom is being reached.

This is mostly due to the Tlo74 opamps on the input section of the preamp and other old Fet style opamps that leave a lot to be desired.

The output section used some old design transistor pairs that sounded good for the time but of course are a noisy compared to some more favorable types in the circuit.

Modifications:

On this unit we have performed a full audio path upgrade which includes all amps, transistor output upgrade for smooth, low noise, high headroom output as well as a power supply upgrade.

Bypassing is performed in various places to lower the audio path noise and coupling is provided in order to sweeten and tune the audio path for optimal audio performance and tone from the design.

They come stock with a nice transformer output section that adds some wonderful color and sheen to audio but again starts to sound nasally when pushed close to headroom.

With the new output section and audio path driving the output transformer into saturation is a joy and really fills up the harmonic content.