Stam Audio Announces SA-2A Leveling Amplifier

Give a warm welcome to the SA-2A Opto Compressor, coming straight out of Chile and Stam Audio.

This South American beauty claims to be a faithful reproduction of the classic 1968 Teletronix LA-2A compressor, with the goal of making its sought-after sound for vocals and bass accessible to all.

The SA-2A brings the characteristics of a studio classic closer.

The stock price for the SA-2A is $990US. However, putting down a $100 deposit now to preorder a unit will result in a discounted price of $790. Contact Stam Audio for more information.

Here are the full details, direct from the man at Stam:

We have gone to great length to faithfully reproduce the natural compression and vintage characteristics of the original.

First we developed custom transformers to match the frequency response found on the original UTC transformers. Then we sourced an identical Opto-cell from Drip Electronics to match the fixed attack and release response with absolute precision.

The SA-2A has a fully discrete signal path and uses Drip Electronics T4B Opto-cell, custom Cinemag transformers and NOS 12AX7, 12BH7 and 6AQ5 tubes that will give your tracks beautiful warmth and dynamic control.

Cure Digititis

While plugins have come a long way and are incredibly useful, there’s a reason the top engineers still have analog gear in their racks.

To give your recordings the warmth, depth and power you hear in all your favorite recordings, you need hardware. The SA-2A gives you all these things in spades.

Stunning on vocals. Amazing on bass. In fact, most things will sound better by just running them through the SA-2A circuitry without even compressing!

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