TL Audio VP-1

Very Chunky Mono Valve Processor

It's big (3 rack units), and full of goodness. According to TL Audio, VP-1 is "the complete analogue processing solution, packed with extra features including: Valve and class A preamp stages, valve and optical compression circuits, expander/gate, high quality de-esser, optical peak limiter...and features seven valve stages, run from a stabilised 250v DC supply. The first stage is a Siemens EF86 pentode in the front end of the preamp, followed by six Sovtek ECC83/12AX7A stages - one in the secondary stage of the preamp, one in the compressor and four in the EQ section" As we said earlier, it's big (3 rack units).

$4,499 (RRP)