SPL MixDream Model 2384 16x2 Analog Summing Mixer - Manual (Page 19)

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Output
The Output section is composed of the Output Level control and
the Transformer On switch.
Output Level
The Output Level control regulates the overall MixDream output.
Its range extends from -19 dB to plus 9 dB. This level controls
both the Master Output (see page 11) and the Monitor Output
(see page 12).
Because this control is post-limiter, it can also function in the
dual capacities of a gain make up and/or as a fine tuning output
control for subsequent A/D converters connected to the Master
Output.
Transformer On
MixDream stereo outputs can be routed through either elec-
tronically balanced connections or high quality Lundahl trans-
formers (refer to Master Output, page 11, and Monitor Output,
page 12). An illuminated orange LED status indicates that the
Lundahl transformers are active. The Lundahl transformers we
employ are painstakingly manufactured, and, where the process
and optimal performance requires it, are hand finished. These
transformers share tonal qualities with other analog compo-
nents such as vacuum tubes, and which “good old vintage tube
devices”, with their warm, silky, fat sound have almost always
outfitted with transformer couplings. Therefore, we at SPL prize
the application of transformers in conjunction with the “tube
sound” every bit as much as the tubes themselves.
We feel that sonically these transformers produce a somewhat
nobler, more refined sound—upper frequencies sound more
transparent, silky and are more present, but without artificially
emphasizing the fundamental frequency range. Our offering you
this choice provides what we feel are two viable professional
tonal options—including the more neutral sound of electroni-
cally balanced outputs (with their indisputably superior transient
response that in some projects is what you’ll want to hear).
Control Elements
Output
On Transformer
dB
2
-3
1
0
-1
-2
O
U
T
P
U
T
L
E
V
E
L