Iron Age Audioworks LH95 Pair

What is the Iron Age Audioworks LH95?

The Iron Age Audioworks LH95 is a discrete, class-A, transformer-balanced equalizer in the 500-series format, built around an inductor mid band. It pairs two active Baxandall shelves with a custom Cinemag inductor midrange for broad, musical tone shaping. Inspired by the vintage Siemens W295B, it brings real class-A color and analog warmth to any source. Access Analog runs it as a stereo pair you control straight from your DAW.

What is the LH95 best for?

The LH95 is a tone-shaping EQ built for adding character, not surgical correction. Engineers reach for it on kick, snare, and vocals, and it shines across the mix bus for broad, glued-together color. Its stepped, broad-stroke controls make it fast to dial in for both tracking and mixdown. Drive it hard and it delivers fat, vintage class-A tone.

What bands and controls does the LH95 have?

The LH95 has three EQ sections driven by three discrete class-A gain blocks: an active Baxandall low shelf, an active Baxandall high shelf, and an inductor mid band. The shelves give up to 15 dB of boost or cut in 3 dB steps at 40 Hz and 15 kHz, and the midrange is a six-frequency presence filter offering up to 8 dB of boost or cut in 2 dB steps. Switchable high-pass and low-pass filters, fixed at 75 Hz and 13.5 kHz, let you tighten the low end or tame the top.

What does the inductor mid band do, and why does it sound different?

The LH95’s mid band uses a custom-wound multitap Cinemag inductor, which gives it a rounder, more musical presence than a typical op-amp EQ. Inductor circuits add subtle harmonic character and weight as audio passes through them, even before you boost or cut. Its proportional-Q response narrows the band as you add gain and stays broad at gentler settings, so boosts feel natural at any amount. This is the vintage, Siemens-inspired tone the LH95 is known for.

What’s the difference between a passive EQ and an active EQ?

A passive EQ shapes tone using only inductors, capacitors, and resistors and then makes up the lost level with a separate gain stage, while an active EQ uses powered amplifier circuits to boost and cut directly. The LH95 is an active design: its Baxandall shelves are active, driven by discrete class-A gain blocks, and the mid band adds an inductor for passive-style character. The result is the harmonic richness people love about inductor EQs with the flexibility and headroom of an active circuit.

Is the LH95 real hardware or an emulation?

It is the real hardware. Access Analog robotically controls a physical pair of Iron Age LH95 units, not a software model of them. When you turn a knob in the Analog Matrix plugin, a robot moves the actual control on the real EQ, and your audio passes through its genuine transformers, inductor, and class-A circuitry. Real Gear. No Emulations.

How much does it cost to use the LH95 at Access Analog?

The Iron Age LH95 is one of Access Analog’s free devices, so you can reserve and use it at no credit cost. Every new account also gets a free hour of access (12 credits) to try the platform, and you can use gear on demand with credits or an active subscription.

Can I save and recall my LH95 settings?

Yes. Access Analog gives the LH95 full robotic recall, so every shelf, frequency, and filter position is saved with your DAW session and restored exactly. You can store individual presets or whole signal chains and automate parameters like any plugin. Because you are processing at line level, you can run your DAW tracks or buses through it and recapture the result at full resolution.