{"id":271,"date":"2024-01-05T01:49:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/?p=271"},"modified":"2024-01-05T01:49:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:49:41","slug":"new-toys-by-barry-rudolph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/new-toys-by-barry-rudolph\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW TOYS by Barry Rudolph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Retro instruments Sta-Level Gold Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retro&#8217;s Sta-Level is an updated version of the venerable Gates Sta-Level tube radio broadcast compression amplifier. Still based on the original 1950&#8217;s all-tube design, Retro adds modern features and new adjustability for more recording studio applications possible than the original units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/staface.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Retro Sta-Level is capable of 40 dB of gain reduction with a signal-to-noise ratio of greater than 70dB and a THD (total harmonic distortion) of less than 1% at 30dB of GR. It has a near &#8216;ruler-flat&#8217; frequency response within 0.5dB from 20-20,000Hz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more of the complete review @<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barryrudolph.com\/newtoys\/toys4\/retrostalevel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.barryrudolph.com\/newtoys\/toys4\/retrostalevel.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retro instruments Sta-Level Gold Edition Retro&#8217;s Sta-Level is an updated version of the venerable Gates Sta-Level tube radio broadcast compression amplifier. Still based on the original 1950&#8217;s all-tube design, Retro adds modern features and new adjustability for more recording studio applications possible than the original units. The Retro Sta-Level is capable of 40 dB of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/new-toys-by-barry-rudolph\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NEW TOYS by Barry Rudolph&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,26],"tags":[13,8,57,22],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear","category-sta-level","tag-barry-rudolph","tag-retro-instruments","tag-retro-sta-level","tag-tube-compressor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}