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D.W. Fearn Hazelrigg Industries Solutions Series VNE Vacuum Tube Compression Amplifier Compressor
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D.W. Fearn Hazelrigg VNE

Regular price $4,500 now $3,400

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D.W. Fearn Hazelrigg Industries VNE Vacuum Tube Compression Amplifier

For sale is a used Hazelrigg VNE serial #2 (a unit from the first four serial numbers which comes with DW Fearn and team signatures on the top panel). We sold this unit new to our client and he recently sold it back to us due to needing funds to complete a new studio build. It's in excellent near mint shape and fully functional.

Contact us if interested in ordering a brand new unit. New retail is $4500.

Joining the Hazelrigg Industries Solutions Series, the VNE is a handcrafted, single channel compressor designed to elegantly control dynamics without negatively affecting the tonal qualities of the source material.

Note: photo shows signed top by DW Fearn and team, which was only for serial numbers 1-4 which we have already sold. Current units will arrive without signatures on top panel.

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Retro Gear Shop is an Authorized D.W. Fearn Dealer.
Brand New with full Warranty.
Any questions, contact us!
Ideal for tracking and mixing, the Hazelrigg Industries VNE features an all Class-A vacuum tube audio path, like all D.W. Fearn and Hazelrigg Industries products. As originally introduced in the D.W. Fearn VT-7 Stereo Tube Compression Amplifier, the gain reduction circuit utilizes readily available tubes to deliver classic tube compressor performance, while employing a unique Pulse Width Modulation control circuit to drive the compression. The combination of this precision PWM control methodology and D.W. Fearn’s high fidelity compression amplifier design result in an audio tool that delivers comprehensive dynamics control, without imparting unwanted tonal artifacts on the source material. In use, the VNE can be applied as subtly or aggressively as desired while retaining a beautifully transparent sonic signature.

As with all D.W. Fearn and Hazelrigg Industries offerings, each component has been hand selected for superior audio performance and rock-solid reliability and – most importantly - critical decisions in the development process were made during rigorous listening tests to ensure that the resulting device delivers superlative audio performance on any source, and on any session. 

In addition, the front panel of the VNE has been designed for fast, easy and intuitive operation and includes controls for Threshold, Attack, Release and Gain as well as a three-way rotary switch allowing the user to bypass compression or to insert a High-Pass Filter (HPF) in the side-chain to reduce the gain-reduction sensitivity to low frequencies. This is a gentle roll-off, nominally at 100Hz, to avoid heavy low-frequency transients from overly modulating the audio level.

Specifications (@ no gain reduction, unity gain)
    •    Frequency Response: 20Hz – 20kHz +/- 0.5dB

    •    -3dB at 5Hz and 65kHz

    •    THD: less than 0.07%

    •    Signal to Noise Radio: better than 80dB 

    •    Pulse Width Modulation Compression as employed in the D.W. Fearn VT-7

    •    Transformer Coupled Input and Output

    •    All-Tube Signal Path

    •    Front Panel Output Level Indicator

    •    Front Panel Gain Reduction Meter

    •    Rear Panel Balanced Line Input (XLR)

    •    Rear Panel Balanced Line Output (XLR)

    •    7 Year Warranty (90 days for vacuum tubes)

    •    Hand Crafted in the USA

D.W. Fearn Hazelrigg VNE Compressor Rear
D.W. Fearn Hazelrigg VNE Compressor Top Left
D.W. Fearn Hazelrigg VNE Compressor Bottom Right
D.W. Fearn Hazelrigg VNE Compressor Manual