From the HUM Audio Devices website:

"N-Trophy is a result of three years of meticulous development and countless hours spent on listening tests in our professional analog recording studio. Maximum care has been taken to choose every single component in N-Trophy’s audio path for the best possible sound quality and musicality. There is no smallest compromise anywhere. We designed special audio transformers and discrete opamps, as well as original six-band passive EQ, THD Stage, Tube Optical Compressor with innovative detection and compression circuits and unique stereo width expansion modules. At the same time, we eliminated all points where classic analog consoles used to be weak or overcomplicated. The signal path is also as short as possible, despite plenty of N-Trophy’s creative sound-shaping tools. It has also our revolutionary zero-loss Summing Matrix, where every channel is directly connected. Other analogue consoles use traditional long summing bus architecture that is a kind of compromise. We spent a lot of time in our lab and studio to develop the best possible summing circuits to complete N-Trophy’s top-quality audio path. They are all based on the legendary Jensen JE990 discrete opamps. We have also taken special care to develop the classic linear power supply with a custom double shielded toroidal transformer, acting as a power conditioner for very low noise performance. +/- 24V console powering ensures very large headroom.

Our goals were to reach the best possible sound quality together with exceptional creativity, musicality and practical functionality. In many scenarios, you will not need any additional analog gear to do all studio tasks. N-Trophy gives you practically all creative sound-shaping tools that music producers ever wanted to have in one analog console, but never got them before. Until now.

N-Trophy is also extremely enjoyable and easy to use, allowing artist / engineer to focus on the fast creative work, where our console simply shines. Surely, it sets a completely new approach in modern music recording and production in analog domain. It never tries to replace processes that are better in the digital domain, like very sharp eq curves, or phase-manipulating plugins, but what is possible and sounds best in analog – it does with perfection.

N-Trophy delivers extremely vital, deep, musical, and audiophile-quality sound with lots of details, for the most demanding classical recordings, or earth-shaking, saturated and colored sound for modern genres. It depends on you.

Our console gives you simply everything to become a real Unhindered Maker... Feel free. Together with N-Trophy."

"MANY USER-FRIENDLY FEATURES…
1. Modularity. Easy user expandable per channel.

N-Trophy is available in a wide variety of configurations, between 0 and 64 channel strips, which gives you up to 136 inputs at mixdown. You can start with a small system and add another 8-channel section later. All sections can be joined in any order you like. The console will grow with your studio when you need it. That’s because you can freely order single channels and fill them into an empty frame, expanding recording / mixing capabilities. No more necessity of buying expensive consoles with the fixed configuration you cannot afford or simply do not need at a given time.

2. One console for all recording, mixing and mastering tasks? Yes, it is finally possible.

You are completely free to order even Center Section alone, which is fully functional and can be great for stem summing up to 16 inputs, and for demanding monitoring / mastering tasks, integrating your existing equipment. All these features are in a width of less than 65 cm!

Besides very rich features in channels, N-Trophy’s Center Section also offers you plenty of mastering quality tools. Some of them are:

Passive relay switched monitoring with 256 steps (4 pairs of monitors, and Main Phones).
Advanced M/S Matrix chain on MAIN MIX, with freely assignable M/S Encoder/Decoder.
Insert Matrix with 3 external inserts and Dry/Wet Blending knob.
Tube Optical Master Compressor with internal or external sidechain.
6 band Passive Master Eq. MAIN MIX processing order (Insert Matrix, Compressor, EQ).
Our unique Stereo Width modules on 4 stereo Groups, and MAIN MIX, similar to that found in our LAAL (Look Ahead Analog Mastering Limiter).
4 stereo Group Busses (stems) with Auxes, Inserts (with Dry/Wet Blend), and Stereo Width. Additional XLR inputs for summing external sources.
8 Mono Aux Sends in each Group.
8 Aux Returns, (with Volume & Pan) for summing additional signals.
8 Aux Masters with LPF / HPF filters to control global Aux sends level.
Master Compressor is based on NOS Mullards, perceived as the bestsounding tubes of all time. Many functions in Master Section, Groups, Mix Bus and Channels use easily recallable rotary switches. Thanks to it they are all perfectly matched and calibrated for multichannel work.
All routing in N-Trophy is based on relays and switches with gold-plated contacts. It’s the best possible way to ensure the highest sound quality and reliability.

3. Easy installation, expansion and service maintenance.

The design of the N-Trophy console is carefully thought out from the user’s point of view. You do not need to have any technical experience, or to hire a technician, which can significantly reduce the costs of installation. N-Trophy is also very easy to service. In most cases, you can do it yourself. If the module needs to be replaced – it is very simple, even for the inexperienced user. For example, putting a new channel requires only screwing the 4 screws and connecting two connectors. Everything is conveniently available from the top of the console. It is impossible to make any kind of mistake. Unlike most large format consoles, N-Trophy does not use a central bottom mainboard with slot connectors, what is the best solution in terms of internal connection reliability.

4. Wide installation options. It is possible to split N-Trophy’s frame into separate bays and install each of them anywhere in your control room.

It can be very important in some situations, for example when you have a very small or less typical control room to fit a full-size console, or for larger versions of the N-Trophy, which can have up to 64 channel strips. In such a case, you can order custom connections between the bays of your console.

5. Well-thought-out and simple studio integration with onboard or remote patchbay.

As standard, N-Trophy can have integrated a full-size patchbay based on XLR combo sockets. It is best in terms of electrical contacts, and easy to connect to your existing studio installation, cables, and instruments – with ZERO additional cost. That’s great because typical large format Bantam TT console patchbays and cables can easily raise the total console price by 10-15%. In the case of the N-Trophy – you can save a lot of money. Better to spend saved money on instruments, acoustic design, or other necessary equipment. In case when you need a patchbay mounted remotely, for example on the wall or in studio furniture – it is an extremely easy task with minimal additional cost. Patchbay consists of 2U rack units, which you can easily unscrew from the console frame and put in the required place, connecting to the N-Trophy via special custom cables supplied by HUM Audio Devices. That’s all. Simple, effective and easy to change patchbay location at any required moment. Of course, it all depends on your choice, so you can still order N-Trophy with Bantam TT patchbay if you wish (requires surcharge).

6. Moving Fader automation, controllable by DAW.

Very simple and straightforward to use, by drawing fader automation curves directly onto DAW tracks. No complicated menus or software in the console itself to learn. Simplicity and effectiveness is the most important goal. You can choose a maximum of 32 faders to be automated (channels and/or Groups). In DAW Mode you can control your DAW mixer faders from N-Trophy’s faders. SOLO, PFL and MUTE buttons also control adequate buttons in DAW. N-Trophy uses a standard HUI protocol.

7. Power efficiency and silence.

Despite a completely uncompromising design, N-Trophy is as economical as possible in terms of power consumption. It is very important in today’s circumstances. For example – you can turn off the tube compressors if they are currently not used. It will extend the life of the tubes as well. The 3U rack power supply is fully passively cooled, so you can install it anywhere you want. One 3U unit is enough for the console of up to 32 channel strips. For larger setups, you will need two units."