The Portico 5042 provides a remarkable simulation of true tape sound through the inclusion of genuine tape drive circuitry. The 5042’s 2-channel “True Tape” and line driver’s tape-emulation circuit provides the nostalgic rounding and compression usually only achieved by the use of actual tape. This effectively offsets the harshness often found in digital recordings.
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When the Tape circuit is not engaged, the 5042 can be used as a full transformer-coupled, high-performance line amplifier.
The company has also launched the Portico 5043, a stereo compressor/limiter with a choice of feed-forward or feedback control providing unobtrusive musical-sounding dynamics and brick-wall limiting.
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