Black Lion B172A Dual LA-2A Style Compressor

Black Lion’s B172A is a veritable Swiss army knife of compression featuring both optical and FET limiter circuits.

Housed in just 2 units of 19” rack space, the B172A contains two separate stages, a Seventeen / 1176-style compressor, and a newly designed Teletronix LA2A-style stage featuring Black Lion’s own T4BLA opto cell element.

FET, Optical or Blend

Every mix engineer has their own personal preference on blending optical and FET compressed signals for different sources and different musical material. Armed with this knowledge, Black Lion have built-in versatile routing options to enable AB, BA and even standalone 17 versus 2A compression.

Each stage can also be stereo linked across multiple B172A units for dual 17 or dual 2A signal where desired.

Specifications:

• Ratio 4:1 to 20:1
• Inputs 2x XLR, 2x ¼"
• Outputs 2x XLR, 2x ¼"
• Other 2x ¼" (link)
• Rack Spaces 2U x 19"