Lancaster Audio Engineering is always developing new products based on the needs of both musicians and studio engineers. We have created this page in order to give you a sneak peek at possible future products. Watch your step!
Cascode Pre-amp
A warm and transient microphone pre-amp. Extremely low noise making it ideal for analog or digital recording. Take the Pepsi Challenge against this pre-amp with anythig you own; you won't be disappointed. 
Tube compliment: (per channel) 2x 6DJ8, 1 x EL84 active regulator tube to regulate DC to the plates for the B+ voltage, 5AR4 rectifier.
Features: 2 piece unit with separate power supply, tied together with an attachable cord to guarantee the lowest noise possible. Pair of Jensen input transformers. Has a high and low impedence switch for ribbon and condensers. Attenuator pad switch in addition to level controls to avoid any possibility of clipping. Also has defeatable phantom power for each preamp.
Controls: 1 gain in attenuator, 1 drive control for output. Combinations of these can allow for a fair amount of natural tube compression.
Parts: Silver teflon wire, uses oracap coupling caps, filter caps are Sprague Adams and F&T German-made caps which are the finest caps available. All resistors vishay metal film resistors, military grade 1%, ultra low noise and sweet in sound. Sealed military grade pots that last almost indefinitely. XLR in. All Swtichcraft jacks. Output is ¼” and XLR.
Lancutter Leveling Amplifier
The Lancutter is essentially a streamlined version of the Altec tube limiter made famous by Sir Paul McCartney. It is available in stereo at line level.
Tube compliment: 6CA4 rectifier tube (9 pin), 2 x 6 DJ8, 2 x 6AL5.
Controls: Threshold, line matching.
Parts: Hammond power transformer, Switchcraft jacks, fancy parts as found on other Lancaster products.
The Amp Duplicator
If you've ever wanted to run two amplifiers at the same time, this is what you needed. Y-cables and solid state circuit board pedals are tone sucks. The Amp Duplicator allows you to run two amplifiers simu
ltaneously with independent level drive controls and it won't load your pickups down. The Duplicator gives you an untainted signal that literally duplicates your guitar. Also, can actually boost the volume of your guitar while not loading the amps down. This is the perfect way to run two amps.
Tube compliment: 1 x 12AX7 preamplifier tube.
Controls: One input, two outputs, two adjustable output levels.
Parts: Carling footswitches, switchcraft jacks. This is our least expensive product and it is still hand-wired point to point in Peoria, IL.