The Thermionic Culture KITE Equalizer is the same great unit as the Fat Bustard just without the summing function. The KITE Equalizer has all the attitude and that big fat sound! This is the Unbalanced version which means the outputs are unbalanced with Pin2 carrying the signal (HOT), and Pins 3 and 1 being "shorted" tied together. This comes from the 60's and before when audio gear was not balanced, and electrical was not grounded. A lot of this older gear still exists, as well as is finding their way into new rooms, with new owners and collectors. The Unbalanced Kite ensures proper interfacing with both unbalanced and balanced gear in the studio.
The Thermionic Culture KITE Equalizer has been developed by Thermionic Culture in response to requests and feedback from many of our customers. Familiar features include the “Attitude” control and broad, effective EQ in a 2-channel format. The sound shaping controls are all dual channel controls, allowing the user to make fast, intuitive changes to the stereo mix without having to check alignment between channels. However, there are independent output level controls should any adjustment need to be made to the left/right balance. The “Attitude” design is taken from the Fat Bustard and allows the Kite to be run as a very low distortion device or to be progressively made richer in 2nd harmonic content as the “Attitude” control is increased. We should point out that this “Attitude” circuit is unique to Thermionic Culture Ltd.
Thermionic Culture KITE Equalizer Features
- HPF, Bass Cut and Lift, Top Shelf (a kind of Presence), Air and Attitude.
- All are indented pots for easy recall.
- The Kite has “semi floating” inputs and unbalanced outputs.
Thermionic Culture KITE Equalizer Specifications
- Input impedance 10kΩ
- Output impedance 220Ω
- Distortion (@ +4dBu) ≤0.015% @ Attitude 1
- MOL @ 1% Distortion +25dBu
- Noise < -80dBu
- Signal/Noise -105dBu
- Frequency response ±1dB
- Attitude 1:
- Attitude 3:
- Attitude 6: 15Hz to 9kHz
- Crosstalk (dB)
- Channel 1: 1kHz -72 10kHz -64
- Channel 2: 1kHz -72 10kHz -58
- Phase shift
- Interchannel: 0.25º at 10kHz
- Input to Output: 13 º at 10kHz
Thermionic Culture KITE Equalizer Includes
- Thermionic Culture KITE Equalizer
- IEC Power Cable
- Manufactuer Warranty
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