Phoenix Audio N90-DRC/500
Compressor/Gate
Compressor / Limiter$849Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- Compressor/Gate
- Topology
- 100% Class-A circuit design; transformerless input stage with electronically balanced buffer amplifier; Class-A DSOP-2 output stage with custom-wound DB694 output transformer
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- Mono
- Form factor
- 500-series module
- Connection
- API 500-series (VPR-compatible) lunchbox bus, 24V
- Powered
- Powered by host 500-series/VPR rack (24V internal PSU design)
- Frequency response
- 20Hz-20kHz +/-0.5dB
- Country of manufacture
- USA (Costa Mesa/Irvine, CA; company originally founded in UK, hand-wired in-house)
Details
Controls: Threshold (+10 to -30, compressor), Ratio (1.5:1 to 8:1), Release (auto gain-dependent or 0.1-3s variable), Attack (normal 15ms / fast 1ms switch), make-up gain (+15dB), Gate threshold (+10 to -40), gate release (0.1-2s, hold-then-fade), LED metering (doubles as gate-active indicator)
I/O: Input: XLR (rear, via host rack); Key input: TT Bantam (external side-chain); Output: via host rack; supports linking up to 8 units
Notes: 500-series module -- Phoenix's first-ever compressor in the 500 format, part of a distinct 'N90' line separate from the DRS/Ascent preamp family and Nicerizer/Scion/Theata summing mixers. Combined compressor + gate in one module. price_usd ($849) consistent across B&H and ZenPro Audio listings; not confirmed as manufacturer MSRP since Phoenix's own site lists no price.