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Product name: FAT BUSTARD Valve Mixer

Price: £3818.75 (Recommended UK retail price inc. VAT)

Product description:

12 channel mixing with attitude. The new valve summing mixer from Thermionic Culture.

The mkII comes with a dedicated stereo monitoring output on unbalanced jacks, and a monitoring level dial on the front panel.

More than just a straight summing mixer, this new offering provides sound shaping possibilities too, with a simple yet powerful bass ( 50Hz ) and treble ( 10kHz ), Stereo Width and Depth controls, and the new 'Attitude' distortion section. The inputs are arranged as 4x stereo pairs and 4 mono, all with mutes, the mono inputs also have pan pots too. Two additional Aux inputs are provided for echo returns and the optional forthcoming Little Bustard 16 channel expander. The Fat Bustard lives up to its name-guaranteeing Big Fat Sounds!

Product specification:

  • Input Impedance: 8 kohm + (dependant on channel and setting), unbalanced
  • Output Impedance: 600 ohms, unbalanced
  • Gain (ch. 1-8): 0 at Attitude 1, + 15dB at Max Attitude
  • Maximum Output Level (MOL) + 26 dBu
  • Distortion: (at Att 1) 0.015% +8dBm output
  • (at Att 3): 0.22%
  • (at Att Max): 1+ % (dependent on how hard input valves are driven)
  • Signal to noise (IEC weighted): 100dB below MOL (at Attitude 1)
  • Frequency response +/-0.5 dB: 9Hz to 30kHz (at Attitude 1)
  • Max Bass Lift: +11dB @ 50 Hz
  • Max Top Lift: +12.5dB @ 10kHz
  • All audio connectors: XLR wired pin 2 signal, 1&3 earth
  • Valve complement: 2 x 5965, 2 x 6SN7, 1 x 12AU7

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