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CULTURETHERMIONICT PHE HOENIXmastering PLUS compressorOPERATING MANUAL

©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 9 4 Servicing & Maintenance The unit comes with a 12 month warranty covering all parts, including valves.

©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 10 Input valves can be just plugged in and used with the zeros re-adjusted. The output valves have a more compl

©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 11 5 Specification Max. o/p level (MOL): +19dB into 600Ω +24dB into 10kΩ Max gain: 30dB. THD (at no comp

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©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 1 WARNING For your personal safety, please read this operating manual and warning thoroughly before using t

©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 2 CONTENTS Section Page 1 Introduction 3 2 Standby and metering 5 3 Controls & operation 6 3.1 Ou

©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 3 1 Introduction The Phoenix is a stereo compressor, which can be used as a pair of mono compressors. It has

©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 4 down when the bass instrument is introduced. This is especially noticeable when using heavy compression. The

©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 5 2 Standby and metering The Standby switch is provided to extend valve and capacitor life. When the Phoenix i

©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 6 3 Controls & operation 3.1 Output Trim Control This control is used to trim the output levels when com

©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 7 3.4 Release Control The release control varies the rate at which the compressor ‘lets go’ of the input signal

©Thermionic Culture Ltd, August 2011 8 3.8 Sidechain The sidechain filter operates only on the control voltage part of the Phoenix, it is not in the