Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Levelling Amplifier

For over 50 years the Teletronix LA-2A has been revered for its smooth, natural, musical compression. With its unique tube-driven electro-optical attenuator system that allows instantaneous gain reduction with no increase in harmonic distortion, the Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A massages signals like no other compressor ever made.

• Dial-in legendary optical tube compression textures for vocals, bass, drums, and more
• Record your tracks through vintage UA, “handmade in the USA,” circuits
• Easily add iconic warmth and tube limiting with simple, easy-to-use controls
• Track and mix with a piece of audio recording history

The Teletronix Story
Teletronix founder Jim Lawrence first used photocells for controlling audio gain in the early 1960s. His ingenious optical compression design was a technological breakthrough, far surpassing the stability and transparency of earlier circuits.

Universal Audio founder M.T. ”Bill” Putnam later purchased this patented technology, continuing to manufacture the Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A for years to come.

The Real Deal
The Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveling Amplifier reissue provides the performance characteristics of the iconic original. With painstaking care, every new Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A unit is point-to-point handwired at Universal Audio’s Custom Shop in Santa Cruz, California, with every component carefully evaluated for authenticity.

As a result, today’s Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A will bring the same legendary compression characteristics of the original to all of your recordings. Demand the original. Accept no copy.

Key Features

• True to the original in design, manufacturing and performance
• Lag free, distortion free optical attenuator system
• Distortion less than 0.5% THD
• 0 to 40 dB gain limiting
• Balanced stereo interconnection
• Frequency response 1 dB, 30 to 15,000 cps
• Output level of 10 dBm and 40 dB gain
• Low noise – less than 70 dB below ±10 dBm output