Ashly
Browse Ashly vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.
Models
Compressor
- SC-50 — Ashly SC-50 peak limiter-compressor, $299 in the late 1970s, with detector patch loop and 16-gauge steel chassis.
- SC-55 — Ashly SC-55 stereo peak limiter-compressor, $499 new, with balanced inputs, stereo-tie, and detector patch point. The stereo half of Ashly's SC-50/SC-55 pair.
- SC-80 — Ashly SC-80 — obscure signal processor from Ashly's late-1970s 'Package' lineup, advertised at $349. Little else documented.
Mixer
- MX-508 — Ashly MX-508 eight-channel rack mixer — modular cards, sweepable mids, 48V phantom, $1,519 in 2003. A serviceable workhorse for live and location work.
Power Amplifiers
- FET-2000 — Ashly FET-2000: pro MOSFET power amp from c. 1989–1990. FET-2000C rated 250W RMS/ch FTC at 8 ohms, UL listed. A little-documented model.
Processors
- SC-63 — The Ashly SC-63 is a little-documented equalizer from Ashly's late-1970s Package line. Period ads listed it at $369; no specs or manual have survived.
- SC-66A — Little is documented about the Ashly SC-66A stereo parametric equalizer, advertised in 1980–81 at $599 list.
- SP3.6 MKII — A 3-in, 6-out DSP loudspeaker processor from Ashly’s SP MKII series, designed for precise audio system management. Includes production years.
Unknown
- 66A — Little is documented about the Ashly 66A (sold as the SC-66A), a stereo parametric equalizer from the early 1980s, listed at $599 in period ads.
- FET-200 — Ashly FET-200 — early-80s pro MOSFET stereo power amp, 100W/ch into 8Ω, lab-reviewed by Modern Recording in 1982. Little else documented.
- FET-500 — Ashly FET-500 MOS-FET pro power amp, announced 1983; advertised at 500W/8Ω, later listed at 675W/ch. Little documentation survives.
- SC-70 — Ashly SC-70 mono three-way electronic crossover from the Ashly Package era, listed at $249 in late-'70s/early-'80s ads. A workingman's pro-audio crossover.
- SG-33 — Ashly SG-33 two-channel noise gate — proprietary VCA, key inputs, wide attack/hold/fade ranges, single rack space. A flexible studio gate from Ashly's SG-Series.
Other Models
- FET-2000M — Ashly FET-2000M: a MOS-FET power amplifier from the late 1980s. Little documented; known specs from period trade press. Includes production years.
- SC 66 — Ashly SC 66 rack-mount mixer amplifier — 100W/ch into 4 ohms, bridgeable, 70V outputs. An obscure commercial-duty amp for paging/distribution use; little documented.
- SC-22 — Little is documented about the Ashly SC-22. This late-1970s model appeared in Ashly's Package advertising at a $290 list price.