HHB Radius 5 FatMan2 Tube Preamp and Compressor

The HHB Fat Man 2 is an affordable, high-quality tube preamp and compressor, offering an ideal way of adding tube warmth and punch to recordings and live performances. It can also be used as an instrument preamp, a vocal processor or as a 'warm' front end for a digital recording system. The Fat Man 2 has 15 high-quality presets, including 5 vocal compression settings, with other presets for guitars, keyboards, basses, and drums. A fully manual mode controls individual compression parameters, including the threshold, compression ratio, knee, attack, and release settings. Input and output gains are adjustable in both manual and preset modes, while a gain make-up control enables quick and simple balancing of the original and the processed signals.

The first stage of the Fat Man 2's dual-stage 12AX7A triode tube is housed in the preamp, with the second stage in the compressor section. The tube preamp accepts mic, line, and instrument inputs. A source switch selects either the mic or line input and also adjusts the sensitivity for the instrument input between high and low. Phantom power is switchable and there is a 90Hz high-pass filter to remove unwanted rumble or hum.