Manley NU MU

Art.-Nr.: MNUMU

During decades of success, Manley Labs’ products have evolved from purist audiophile vacuum tube designs to professional audio products. As the company has grown, so has the respect their products have garnered in the pro-audio marketplace. The company’s design philosophies have been proven through years of real-world experience. Many of Manley's high-quality, modern components are produced in house. Manley Labs’ 11,000 sq. ft. facility houses a machine shop, audio transformer winding, engraving, and wire harness prepping operations. All custom design, R&D, assembly, testing, and quality control processes are performed with precision and pride at the Manley factory located in Chino, California, just 35 miles east of Los Angeles. Proudly, all Manley products are built in the USA.

Overview

Two Channel Compressor with hybrid ciurit design

Building upon Manleys proud heritage, the Manley Nu Mu® merges the esoteric “T-Bar mod” all-tube front end from the legendary Manley Variable Mu® and makes it standard followed by a solid state audio chain for the smoothest dynamics action coupled to the punchiest sonic path. Featuring Manley’s HIP function, the Nu Mu finesses dynamic control to bring up lower level details without knocking the life out of exciting transients. Smartly engineered to build efficiently and esthetically designed to elicit ravishing compliments from clients, both visually and ergonomically, the Manley Nu Mu breaks new ground in performance and value, all proudly handbuilt in California, of course!

Product Details

Manley IRON® input transformers
4 x hand-matched 6BA6 vacuum tubes
Balanced XLR inputs & outputs
Manley HIP function raises soft dynamics without squashing louder passages
High Voltage Switched Mode Power Supply custom designed for our vacuum tube audio circuits
Three input level presets
Ratio Modes between Limit(4:1 to 20:1) or Compress (1.5 to 1)
Variable Attack (25msec-70msec) and recovery (5 steps: 0.2s, 0.4s, 0.6s, 4sec., 8sec.)
HP SC: High Pass Side Chain Filter
Hardwired Relay Bypass Switch

XLR, transformer balanced

XLR, impedance-balanced

+25 dB

+27 dB

10dB

< 0.05%

High Pass, 100Hz 6dB/oct, switchable

1/4" TRS jack (TIP=SEND, RING=Return, SLEEVE=Ground)

20Hz - 50kHz

-85dB typical

89dB

112dB

74dB

100 Ohms

-3dB = 1 kOhms, 0dB = 2.5 kOhms, +3dB = 4.5 kOhms

4x 6BA6

4:1 to 20:1 limter, 1.5 to 1 compressor, switchable

25msec-70msec

5 steps: 0.2s, 0.4s, 0.6s, 4sec., 8sec.

19” / 2U

90-250V~AC 50/60Hz

35 Watts

3,9 kg

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