Rupert Neve Designs MBC Master Bus Converter Dual-Path A/D Converter and Limiter

If you're looking for the ultimate in A-D conversion technology, look no further than the Master Buss Converter. This revolutionary piece of equipment is designed to deliver unparalleled quality and functionality, whether you're tracking, printing mixes, or mastering your final product. One of the key features that sets the MBC apart from other converters on the market is its analog drive circuitry. This circuitry allows you to feed the MBC's converter with either a class-A transformerless path for maximum transparency or custom interstage audio transformers with variable Silk control for a wide variety of tonal enhancements. This level of versatility gives you the flexibility to cover anything from hip-hop to djent. And since digital audio is a different animal, Neve designed an astonishingly musical limiter to keep those levels below 0 without decimating your content. From commercial studio to home studio, conversion is conversion. Get the best with the Master Bus Converter.

Rupert Neve Designs MBC-RND Features:

• The very best of class-A transformer-less and custom transformer-coupled designs at the touch of a button
• Add weight and punch with a dedicated custom inter-stage transformer before the converter. Silk / Texture allows you to dial in the harmonic content and drive saturation of this signal path
• Class-A transformer path for maximum clarity and transparency
• Compound active release limiter
• Sidechain high-pass filter
• 24-BIT / 192kHz reference conversion
• Connect to any of your digital devices with AES, S/PDIF and TOSLINK all simultaneously available
• Maximum accuracy with minimal jitter and phase noise, able to operate as a master clock or sync from another master

Rupert Neve Designs MBC-RND Specifications:

• XLR LINE INPUT TO AES3 DIGITAL OUTPUT
• Limiter Bypassed: zSource = 40 Ohm Balanced
• INPUT IMPEDANCE: 9.9K Ohm
• COMMON MODE REJECTION: @ 1 kHz 105 dB typical
• LATENCY SPECIFICATION
  • (@ 1 kHz, Balanced Analog Input to AES3 Balanced Out)
  • 44.1 kHz = 0.95 mS
  • 48 kHz = 0.88 mS
  • 88.2 kHz = 0.48 mS
  • 96 kHz = 0.43 mS
  • 176.4 kHz = 0.22 mS
  • 192 kHz = 0.19 mS
• TRANSFORMER-LESS PATH
  • FREQUENCY RESPONSE (20 Hz to 70 kHz): +/- 0.025 dB typical
  • THD+N (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW): @ 1 kHz @ -2 dBFS: 0.0009% typical
  • NOISE (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW)
  • 10 Hz - 22 kHz BW.
  • -108 dBFS typical
• TRANSFORMER PATH
  • FREQUENCY RESPONSE (20 Hz to 70 kHz): +/- 0.1 dB typical
  • THD+N (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW): @ 1 kHz @ -2 dBFS: 0.002% typical
  • NOISE (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW): -114 dBFS typical
• LIMITER SPECIFICATIONS: Transformer-less Path Selected, zSource = 40 Ohm Balanced
  • FREQUENCY RESPONSE (20 Hz to 70 kHz): +/- 0.1 dB typical
  • NOISE (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW)
  • @ 0 dB Make-Up Gain: -107 dBFS typical
  • @ +20 dB Make-Up Gain: -97 dBFS typical
• SHIPPING WEIGHT: 10 lbs. (4.5 kg)
• SHIPPING DIMENSIONS: 24” (61 cm) x 13” (33 cm) x 4” (10.2 cm)
• PRODUCT DIMENSIONS: 19” (48.3 cm) x 9” (22.9 cm) x 1.65” (4.2 cm)