DW Fearn VT-7 Stereo Compressor

DW Fearn VT-7 Stereo Compressor has an all Class-A vacuum tube audio path, like all our products. The gain reduction elements utilize circuitry that duplicates the sound and characteristics of the finest classic vacuum tube compressors, without depending on tubes that are no longer manufactured. The control circuitry is modern solid-state analog.

The two channels may be used independently or linked together for stereo. A built in sidechain high-pass filter may be selected to reduce the compression on bass-heavy material.

Controls (each channel):

Threshold
Gain
Attack
Release
Harder/Softer
Link

The VU meters may be switched between indicating gain reduction or output level.

The VT-7 has a highly-transparent sound, although it can be used more aggressively when needed. Artifacts of the compression process are substantially lower than in most other compressors.

Like all DW Fearn products, the VT-7 is designed to process high-quality audio and make it sound even better.

The VT-7 is equally adept in tracking as well as as a bus compressor. Even jazz and classical tracks can be sent through the VT-7 for some mild gain control without obvious effect other than a significant improvement in the overall sound of the mix.

Performance

(no gain reduction, unity gain)
Frequency Response: 20Hz – 20kHz +/- 0.5dB -3dB at 5Hz and 65kHz
THD: less than 0.07%
Signal to Noise Radio: better than 80dB