If you want an audiophile-grade DAC to handle the front end of your stereo monitoring rig in a mastering facility, the Dangerous Music CONVERT-2 is more than up to the task. This 2-channel digital-to-analog converter is designed to give you a clean, powerful, precise, and accurate performance as you monitor or route audio from the digital domain. Feed your stereo system with signal from the CONVERT-2, and you can be confident in what you're hearing as you work.





The CONVERT-2 is also enhanced by a bevy of easy-to-use features. Choose from different input calibrations at the press of a button, and rest easy as the CONVERT-2 automatically adjusts the sample rate when you switch among different sessions. All of this is designed to make stereo mastering a much simpler and more streamlined affair.If you want an audiophile-grade DAC to handle eight channels of conversion in your mixing, stem-mastering, or post-production facility, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better option than the Dangerous Music CONVERT-8. This converter is designed to give you a clean, powerful, precise, and accurate performance as you monitor or route audio from the digital domain. Feed your stereo, 2.1, 5.1, or 7.1 system with signal from the CONVERT-8, and you can be confident in what you're hearing as you tweak the signal in the digital domain.?





When Chris Muth and Paul Messick are involved in a design, you know both the analog and digital circuitry will be handled with an absolute attention to detail. Everything from the low-pass filtering on the analog side to the digital JetPLL ultra-low jitter digital clocking has been refined to deliver a supremely musical, yet transparent performance. Enhanced by a bevy of easy-to-use features, the CONVERT-8 is not only a game-changer for your sound, but a time-saver for your workflow.??Aiming to push the limits of previous iterations in this series, Dangerous Music’s CONVERT-AD is an analog-to-digital converter suitable for use in mixing and mastering situations. The unit brings the musical transparency for which Dangerous is famous then goes further by adding useful features and tonal-coloring possibilities. For instance, it offers two sets of XLR inputs that allow you to switch between sources, allowing you to audition different mastering chains or test your master against a reference. Zoomable meters are also on hand, letting you focus on the upper 10 dB of the scale. Another useful?albeit sneaky?inclusion is Dangerous’s proprietary Clip Guard technology, which is explained in depth in the features section.





For coloring the sound, Dangerous has included two features, the first being switchable Hammond Transformers to give the sound more analog heft, the second being a custom-tuned Emphasis control that imparts compression, second-order harmonics, and low-end, midrange, and treble frequencies in pleasant proportions. The transformers are switchable on/off, while the Emphasis control is blendable.





On the analog side, the CONVERT-AD provides two sets of XLR inputs, while the digital connections include AES/EBU, ADAT Optical, SPDIF Optical and Coaxial, and USB connection. BNC jacks are offered to clock the device to other units, or to allow you to use the Convert-AD as a master clock.?The Dangerous Music BAX EQ Stereo Shelving Equalizer is designed by mastering engineers for recording, mixing, and mastering. The unit is based on Peter Baxandall's classic tone control designs and allows you to precisely shape your sound. The back of device features a pair of 3-pin XLR inputs and a pair of 3-pin XLR outputs.





The front of the unit includes stepped control knobs for a 12 dB/octave low-frequency cut filter for reducing rumble from infrasonic content. A broad bandwidth shelving EQ control allows you to adjust several octaves at the same time with minimal phase delay, and stepped controls in 0.5 dB increments for left and right low-frequency levels enable you to discretely correct any stereo channel imbalances.





Similarly for the treble, the EQ includes stepped control knobs for an Ultrasonic cut filter, a high-frequency shelf filter for adjusting several octaves at once, and independent left and right high-frequency level controls for correcting stereo signal imbalances. When set to "Out", the cut filters are removed through a relay bypass for A/B comparisons of the signal with and without the cut equalization. A hard-wired engage button allows you to bypass all of the equalization hardware from the circuit for true A/B comparisons of the signal with and without the EQ.Mastering engineers take note: the Dangerous COMPRESSOR is designed to give you transparent dynamics control, so you can reign in dynamic material, make it loud, and minimize dynamic comprises. With a bevy of useful features, this VCA compressor can help you deliver a master that’s every bit as loud and impactful as the competition, while allowing you to retain a sense of dynamics.





A big selling point for the COMPRESSOR is its versatility: the BOX can handle anything from hip hop to acoustic folk with ease. Such versatility is achieved through separate detection circuits for the right and left channels (maintaining impeccable stereo separation), switchable dual-slope detection circuits (for handling peaks and average levels differently), and comprehensive sidechain filtering (to keep low end from triggering compression, or to help tame sibilant material). Add audiophile-grade components throughout as well as stepped controls for perfect recall, and you’ll have a compressor up for transparently handling the most demanding tasks?all without the intermodulation distortion so typical from similar methods employed in the digital realm.The Dangerous Music LIAISON Signal Routing Matrix is a 2U rack mountable routing matrix designed by mastering engineers to connect up to six pieces of outboard equipment directly to your system. Additional pieces of equipment can be added to the signal path by daisy chaining, utilizing a patch bay, or integrating with a Dangerous Master unit.





The unit features balanced left and right XLR input and output pairs for six routing insert sends/returns and two busses, A and B. A 25-pin D-sub connector provides interfacing to two stereo pairs of external outputs for monitoring the Busses. In standalone mode you can monitor Buss A input for a preprocessing mix and Buss B output as a post processing mix. A switchable 120/240VAC outlet provides power to the unit.





The device's control interface enables you to instantaneously insert your outboard gear into the signal chain on either Buss A or Buss B with the push of a button. Deselecting the button bypasses the external gear on that insert from the signal chain. You can reverse the order of outboard equipment on each pair of sends by pressing the flip 1-2, flip 3-4, or flip 5-6 insert buttons. All of your configurations can be stored, recalled, and cleared as presets by utilizing the four preset buttons and clear and store buttons on the front panel of the device.





The unit includes a parallel processing buss on inserts 2, 4, and 6. Pressing any of the three parallel processing loop buttons blends the original unprocessed signal with the processed insert signal. A continuously variable potentiometer knob allows you to control the blend of unprocessed and parallel processing. A polarity button allows you to flip the signal of the parallel processing buss 180° out of phase. The device is hand-built in the USA to mastering standards.Designed by Chris Muth, the Dangerous Music 2-BUS is a 16-channel analog summing mixer, with both XLR and D-sub inputs. The two-space rack unit expands upon the original with the addition of three separate custom audio processors that can be used to add tone and color to your mix.





The "Harmonics" processor is a tuned harmonic distortion generator implemented in a parallel-processing mode with a blend control. The "Paralimit" is an FET limiter which can also operate in parallel mode. These first two processors can be applied across the entire stereo mix or on a pair of stems. The "X-Former" processor inserts a pair of custom transformers onto the stereo mix and includes a control for core saturation. All three tone controls can be activated at once, and the order of the signal flow through distortion and limiting can be flipped.





The rear panel features two DB-25 line input connectors, sixteen XLR channel inputs, two XLR expansion inputs, two XLR outputs, two XLR monitor outputs, two XLR sends, and two XLR returns.The Dangerous MONITOR ST is a professional monitor controller designed for pro-level mixing and mastering applications. The MONITOR ST makes use of audiophile-grade components at every step for a flawless and pristine sound, one that doesn't color what you're hearing. Talkback, Solo, Dim, Mute, and Mono Controls are on hand, as is a dedicated sub output with its own filter.





As this is designed for professionals, the MONITOR ST comes with a bevy of bells and whistles to make your life easier, including a 20W-per-channel headphone amplifier, a talkback system for communicating with talent, and offset matching for automatically compensating the levels of different sources and monitors. You'll be able to run four analog inputs and one Aux input to three sets of speakers and a sub with the touch of a button. A comprehensive remote is included, so you can control all the features of this 1 RU unit from your sweetspot.