Skip to content
PLUGIN EXPRESS: Receive your license in minutes
PLUGIN EXPRESS: Receive your license in minutes
Did you find a better price from another supplier? Click here!
Manley Elop+ Stereo Limiter Compressor

Manley Elop+ Stereo Limiter Compressor

Made to Order


$3,299.00 - $3,299.00
De:

Por: $3,299.00

Em reais:
R$ 20.831,82
*o valor final pode variar*
ENTREGA NO BRASIL:
+ frete + taxa importação
$3,299.00 - $3,299.00
Por: $3,299.00
Em reais:
R$ 20.831,82
*o valor final pode variar*

Do you want to purchase this product with all the convenience and support in Portuguese? Get in touch for more information and place your order.

Entrega:

Shipping to Brazil: Product Value + Shipping + Import Fees.

Get in touch to simulate the final value.

receive your order

Directly from USA

Pay in up to 12 installments

By credit card or PIX

Service in Portuguese
Support and Warranty

In Brazil

Since the early 1990s, the Manley ELOP® stereo electro-optical limiter has been a tracking hero - effortlessly controlling the dynamics on countless records around the world and providing the coveted classic, all-tube sound for which Manley Labs is known. This LA-2A type unit allows for great limitations without loss of high frequencies: it literally works (and sounds) like a variable volume control.

The original was super easy to use, extremely natural sounding and has often been the perfect choice for superstar vocals.

So how do you improve something this good?

The original Stereo ELOP® , or Electro Optical Limiter, was one of the first Manley products of the early '90s. With its perforated printed circuit board construction and hours of tedious manual manipulation, it sure felt like 1992 inside the chassis.

The unit has been improved in terms of construction capacity, adopting modern production techniques. Importantly, the power supply has been upgraded to Manley's proprietary MANLEY POWER™ universal voltage switching power supply, which has reduced the noise level and made the unit a true world traveler.

We've also added a 3:1 compression ratio feature that opens the door for greater versatility, especially for 2-bus applications. With careful reference to our sonic past, we have deployed our highest performance vacuum tube line amplifier and White Follower output stage in this new version, all housed in an efficiently constructed chassis behind a beautiful CNC precision milled front panel - all proudly made in America, of course. The new Manley ELOP+ is everything you love about our legendary ELOP, and more!

1. GAIN CONTROL. Available on L and R channels. Adjusts the gain of the audio channel, with units around the 7th dial (1 hour). Throttling usually requires some makeup gain to compare IN/BYPASS. The Gain control can also be used as a tape level.

2. REDUCTION CONTROL. Available on both L and R channels. Cutout adjusts the amount of limiting or compression on that channel. This could also be called a “threshold”. Turning this control clockwise increases the amount of limiting or compression.

3. VU METER. One for each channel, showing the gain reduction in dB when switch #7 is unchecked and showing the output level in dB when switch #7 is turned on and lit.

4. HP SC CONTROL. Inserts a high-pass filter into the sidechain circuit, reducing the amount of compression or limiting below 80 Hz. Note: this filter can be changed to 150 Hz via an internal jumper. See the manual for details.

5. INPUT/BYPASS CONTROL. If the switch is turned on and illuminated, the audio will pass through the limiter/compressor circuit and all front panel controls will work. If the switch is off, audio still flows through the Unity tubes, but with Unity Gain without compression or limiting.


6. COMPRESSION/LIMIT CONTROL. This option allows ELOP+ to use two different compression rates. Offering compression of approximately 3:1 when the switch is engaged and lit or limiting to approximately 10:1 when the switch is disengaged.

7. METER SELECTION. Allows the user to monitor Gain Reduction (switch on and illuminated) or unit Output (switch off).

8. POWER SWITCH. Lights up DIM when an IEC power cord is connected to the unit. This indicates that the ELOP+ is in STANDBY mode. Activating the switch takes the ELOP+ out of standby mode and into warm-up mode (VU meters flashing, power switch brighter). This lasts for 30 seconds, after which the MUTE relays will suspend and the VU meters will stop flashing.

9. LINK / STEREO FUNCTION. When the LINK switch is turned on and lit, ELOP+ applies the same amount of gain reduction to the L and R channels. This is done to avoid image shift that can occur if each channel is compressed individually. We suggest that when in LINK mode, both channels have the controls set the same. See the ELOP+ manual (below) for more details.

SPECIFICATIONS

  • 10:1 limiter and 3:1 compressor ratios

  • All-tube audio path uses dual 5751 (gain) and 6922 (white follower output) triodes on each channel

  • Balanced Manley IRON® transformer-coupled XLR inputs

  • XLR impedance balanced outputs

  • BYPASS and AUTOMUTE switches with warm-up delay

  • Large illuminated VU meters read gain reduction or output levels

  • STEREO CONNECTION

  • Side-chain high-pass filter

  • Standby power consumption: 0.5 Watts

  • Universal internal power supply operates worldwide 90-250V~AC 50/60Hz

  • ALL-TUBE audio path using a 5751 output tube for gain, 6922 White Follower (one of each per channel)

  • Silent conductive plastic gain control.

  • Balanced MANLEY IRON transformer coupled to the XLR input.

  • Input impedance: 14 kOhms

  • Maximum input level: +18dBu or 4.8V RMS at 0.01% THD

  • Balanced XLR output with high current white follower impedance.

  • Output impedance=150 Ohms

  • Maximum output with 100 kOhm load = +30dBu @0.009%THD+N, BW 22Hz-22Khz, 1Khz sine

  • Maximum output with 600 Ohm load = +20dBu @0.015%THD+N, BW 22Hz-22Khz, 1Khz sine

  • Output headroom (referenced to +4dBu) = 26dB

  • Frequency response= -0.15dB at 10Hz, -0.1dB at 20KHz

  • Total Harmonic Distortion (1kHz sine @ +4dBu, BW 22Hz-22kHz) = 0.004% THD+N

  • Noise Floor Limiter Bypass = -90dBu (BW 22Hz-22kHz)

  • Noise floor limiter activated = -88dBu (BW 22Hz-22kHz) Input set to unity gain

  • Dynamic Range = 118dB

  • Signal-to-noise ratio = 92dB (referenced to +4dBu)

  • Bypass Mode = Signal passes through ALL-TUBE audio path (bypasses limiter), this is not a “wire bypass”

  • Unit Gain= Set input attenuator at 1:00

  • Maximum Gain = 13 dB

  • Common Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR)= 77dB (BW 22Hz-22Khz, +4dBu, 1Khz sine)

  • Limiter ratio = 10:1

  • Compressor ratio = 3:1

  • Limiter: Attack= 15ms

  • Limiter release = 200ms

  • Compressor: Attack= 75ms Release= 200ms

  • Attack/release times measured under the following conditions: 4dB gain reduction, 1kHz sine, +4dbu input level, up to 63% of total.

  • Attack times are faster with higher input levels and greater gain reduction. Typically, for a full release, the release time increases up to a few seconds depending on the amount of previous reduction.

  • Maximum Limitation (with +4dBu 1Khz sinusoidal) = 12dB

  • Maximum compression (with +4dBu 1Khz sinusoidal) = 6dB

  • Side-chain high-pass filter = 80 Hz (internal user adjustment jumper for 150 Hz)

  • Automatic warm-up delay = 30 seconds

  • Operating mains voltage = 90 to 254 VAC (internal universal power supply)

  • Mains voltage Frequency = 50-60 Hz

  • Power consumption = 26 Watts

  • Dimensions= (l,d,h) 19" x 7 x 3 1⁄2" (occupies 2u)

  • Unit weight = 9.5 pounds

  • Shipping weight = 10 pounds