Photon 500

Sweet and classy.
The PHOTON 500 is an optical compressor, based on technology from the 60's, first used in the early LA-2A limiters and later in the LA4. As an homage to these legendary products, we packed this technology in a 500-series module. The PHOTON 500 uses an opto-coupler, which introduces negative feedback in the audio path, taking care of gain reduction, being the basics of all compression. The PHOTON 500 has an electronically balanced input with a 2520 compatible op-amp in the gain stage. The output is balanced by an IGS Custom made transformer.

SPECIFICATIONS:

DEVICE TYPE

• Optical Compressor
  

BASIC FEATURES

• All stepped manipulators Yes
• Sidechain HPF OFF, 60Hz, 120Hz
  

INPUT & OUTPUT

• Input Impedance (balanced) 10k Ohm
• Output Impedance (balanced) 600 ohm, IGS Custom transformer
• Audio transformers Yes, IGS Custom
  

LEVELS

• Operating Level +4 dBu
• Max input level +20 dBu
• Max output level +22 dBu
• Noise Level -99 dBA
• Max. gain 30 dB
• Max Gain Reduction 20dB
  

TIME CONSTANTS

•  Ratio: 2:1, 4:1, 12:1
  

BANDWIDTH

• Frequency response 8 Hz - 20k Hz, +/- 0,1 dB
• DISTORTION (@ 20 HZ - 20 KHZ)
• THD+N 0.012% @ 0dBu
  
  

POWER

• Power consumption 2.5W
  

PACKING BOX

• Shipping weight 1 kg