Description
The Black Lion Seventeen is a single-channel FET compressor in a 2U rack format, provides a clean, punchy, modern sound under light compression and a more colorful vintage character when pushed. This front-end, coupled with our custom-designed, made-in-Chicago output transformer, give this unit a huge bottom end that balances out the open top end very nicely.
Seventeen’s proprietary Black Lion style power decoupling ensures an incredibly low noise floor, while high grade Nichicon signal capacitors—widely considered some of the highest quality caps available—ensure the best signal quality possible.
Reasons to choose the Black Lion Seventeen
- Improved classic FET, retains the punch of the original 1176 but with cleaner lows and less noise.
- Filters in Sidechain Integrated high-pass and low-pass for total control over drums and bass.
- Parallel Compression Control Mix on the front panel to instantly blend dry and processed signals.
Features:
- FET compressor based on a legendary pattern
- Optimised circuit with new output transformers
- Extended functionality with variable high-pass filter with Sidechain, parallel compression, and high-pass and low-pass filters in the signal circuit
- Classic Ratio switching via four toggle switches
- Continuous adjustment of Attack and Release
- Link connection to couple two devices for stereo operation
- Switchable Sidechain Filter: Off, 100, 200, 300, and 400 Hz
- Low-pass filter: 100 Hz, -6 dB / Oct
- High-pass filter: 10 kHz, -6 dB / Oct
- Frequency response: 20 – 22,000 Hz +/-1 dB
- Signal-to-noise ratio: >86 dB
- THD+N: 0.4%
- Input: 1 x XLR (balanced)
- Output: 1 x XLR
- Link: RCA (asymmetrical)
- Power supply: 115/230 VAC internal transformer
- Dimensions: (WxDxH) 48,2×15,2×8,8 cm
- Width: 19″
- Weight: 6.58 kg
- Manual here
