Rupert Neve Designs 542 500 Series Tape Emulator

542 - Overview

• Features:

  • "True Tape” drive circuit works by feeding a custom-designed transformer acting as a “record head”, which in turn is coupled to a correctly equalized replay amplifier.
  • Silk with variable Texture provides vintage warmth to your audio.
  • Blend control to do parallel processing right in the unit.
  • 15 or 30 IPS selects the pre-emphasis / de-emphasis, record / replay tape characteristic.
   

• Specifications:

  • Line Amp Specifications
  • Noise: Measured at Main Output, un-weighted, 20Hz-22kHz, Input Terminated 40 Ohms.
  • Unity Gain Better than -100dBu Frequency Response
  • Measured at +10dBu, trim at unity.
  • Main Output +/- 0.25dB from 5Hz to 60Khz -2dB @ 120KHz
  • Maximum Output Level 23.25dBu
  • Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise: @ 1kHz, +20dBu output level Better than 0.0025% @ 20Hz, +20dBu output level 0.07%
    Typical (2nd and 3rd harmonic)
    
    Tape FX Specifications
  • Noise: Measured at Main Output, un-weighted, 20Hz-22kHz, Input Terminated 40 Ohms.
  • Saturation @ minimum Better than -100dBu
  • Saturation @ maximum Better than -100dBu
  • Frequency Response: 15 IPS, Input @ -0 dBu -3dBu @ 28kHz
  • Saturation @ minimum 0dBu @ 10Hz +5dBu Peak @ 60Hz
  • Saturation @ maximum -3dBu @ 20kHz -3dBu @ 12.5Hz +2.4dBu Peak @ 60Hz 30 IPS, Input @ -0 dBu -3dBu @ 120kHz
  • Saturation @ minimum -3dBu @ 10Hz +3.15dBu Peak @ 125Hz Saturation @ maximum -3dBu @ 100kHz -3dBu @ 12.5Hz +1.3dBu
   

• Item Includes:

  • 1x 542 Tape Emulator
  • 1x Manual
   

• Warranty:

  • 1 Year Warranty
   

• GTIN:

  0752423656967