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Born in Annapolis, Maryland in
1942. Deane grew up in Princeton,
New Jersey. His Norwegian father,
Dr. Arthur S. Jensen, was a physicist
who earned his Ph.D. at Univ. of Penn
in 1941. He became an electronic-
imaging expert and was awarded 25
patents, taught physics at the U.S.
Naval Academy, and later worked for RCA Laboratories and
the Wesnghouse Defense and Electronic Center. Deane said
he remembered Albert Einstein coming to their home to visit
his father.
Following his father’s footsteps, Deane majored
in physics and electrical engineering at the University of
Pennsylvania. In September 1968, Deane joined Quad Eight
Sound as a systems engineer, becoming the VP of engineering
in 1971. His accumulated experience in the recording industry
told Deane that audio transformers oen were the root
cause of ‘bad sounding’ mixing boards and audio systems.
He decided to embark on a quest to x the shortcomings,
starng with transformers.
Deane became obsessed with how audio
transformers interacted with system electronics and started
basic research to solve the ‘bad sounding’ problems. Some of
his earliest designs from the 1970’s include the JT-DBE direct
box transformer and JT-MBC mic spling transformer which
set the standard for sound
quality and signal handling
and are sll in use today. He
later developed an integrated op-amp called the 990 which
was described and published in the AES Journal in 1979.
The amplier set new standards for its combinaon of low
noise, low distoron, slew rate, stability, and high output
drive capabilies. When Deane published the circuit, he
intenonally made the patent public domain, showing his
special dedicaon to furthering the state of the art.
Aer Deane’s passing in 1989, Bill Whitlock -
a friend and former engineer at Quad Eight - acquired
the company and connued the tradion with further
renements in producon uniformity and long-term
reliability. Bill introduced the ISO-MAX® range of plug & play
audio and video isolators to the world, enabling end users
to solve hum and buzz problems with ready-made Jensen-
equipped soluons.
Radial’s president and owner Peter Janis began his
relaonship with Jensen in 1992 as the Canadian distributor
and over the years, became Jensen’s largest customer. To
celebrate Bill’s 70th birthday, Peter purchased the company
from Whitlock. Jensen will connue to manufacture
transformers in Chatsworth, California and the company
is currently researching new ways to improve designs
and develop new technologies to bridge the benets of
transformer isolaon with today’s recording, broadcast and
producon needs. The Jensen legacy will connue.
Jensen with two NEW solutions
SP-2SX
Speaker to line level converters
CI-RJ2R
Two channel RCA to CAT-5 extender
The Iso-Max SP-2SX is a two channel speaker to line level converter that lets you
convert the high power signal from an audio amplier output to a +4 dB (nominal)
balanced line level for further processing or signal distribuon.
The design begins with a rugged anged enclosure that comes standard
with gold plated XLRs and a removable screw-down barrier strip for easy installaon
in NEMA enclosures and 19” racks. Plug and play easy to use, this passive interface
does not require any power to work. Inside are two Jensen high performance
transformers that isolate the output to eliminate hum and buzz caused by ground
loops while they eliminate issues with ‘bridged’ and ‘class D‘ power amp outputs. A
series of input pad DIP switches let you select the range to suit various power amps
for at 25 W, 75 W, 250 W, or 750 W max in to 8 Ω. All types of ampliers may be
used including 25 V and 70 V line driver types.
Once connected, the SP-2SX is able to withstand signal levels to +19 dBu
at 20 Hz without introducing distoron, phase shi or arfact of any kind. This
opens the door to expand exisng systems without having to run addional line
level signals throughout a facility.
The CI-RJ2R is a two channel passive line driver that lets you extend unbalanced
signals to 100 meters (350’) using standard CAT-5 or CAT-6 balanced twisted pair
Ethernet cable.
Sold as a ‘transmit and receive’ set, the design begins with two rugged
anged steel enclosures for easy mounng under a desk or inside a rack or NEMA
enclosure. Each end is equipped with RCA inputs and outputs with a standard
Ethernet RJ45 type connector in between. One merely connects the source and
desnaon devices using the RCAs and bridges the two units using o the shelf
CAT-5 or CAT-6 cable. This enables the system designer to employ pre-wired
network cable to run analog audio throughout a facility without having to sh
new wires.
Inside the receiver module are two Jensen high performance
transformers that are able to withstand signal levels to +19 dBv at 20 Hz without
any discernible distoron. These provide galvanic isolaon between the input
and output to eliminate hum and buzz caused by ground loops, rejecng noise
by as much as 124 dB.
Part# J304-0277
MAP $209.99 USD
Deane Jensen 1942 - 1989
“Deane recalls Einstein
visiting his father at
the family home when
he was a child.”
Part# J304-0280
MAP $229.99 USD
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