Black Lion Audio Seventeen

The Seventeen is not your grandfather's '76 compressor. It’s not even a remake, but rather Black Lion's take on what the classic '76 limiting amplifier could have been, given the benefit of today's technology. Designed in collaboration with pro audio and plug-in guru Tobias Lindell and featuring an improved and redesigned IC-based front end, the Seventeen delivers profound detail and nuance never before heard with this type of compressor.

The Seventeen is Black Lion's spin on what the classic '76 should have been. Designed in conjunction with hitmaker Tobias Lindell and featuring a redesigned and improved IC based front end, the Seventeen shows incredible detail and nuance normally not possible with this style compressor. This new front-end circuit provides a clean, punchy, modern sound under light compression and a more colourful vintage character when pushed. This front-end, coupled with our custom-designed, made in Chicago output transformer, give this unit a huge bottom end that balances out its open top end very nicely. We also include our proprietary Black Lion style power decoupling for an incredibly low noise floor. The Seventeen also uses high grade nichicon signal capacitors, widely considered some of the highest quality caps available.