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Dizengoff
Audio


D864


Owner’s
Manual




 
 

Summary of Contents for D864

Page 1: ...Dizengoff Audio D864 Owner s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ially The D864 has been designed to have very low noise and is rather tolerant of settings and tube mismatch By this I mean that it doesn t seem to swamp as easily as other varimu compressors I ve heard It can pull 20dB of compression under certain circumstances and still sound good In spite of this the D864 takes a little time and patience to really get to know it This manual is intended to walk ...

Page 3: ...You can use the meter in output mode switch down to measure the output level and calibrate as necessary Switch Features All switches are normally flipped up to turn features off and enable compression Growl Switch The Growl switch is a parallel germanium compressor At low levels it will act like a hard knee limiter and add a little bit of edge At higher levels it will saturate and add extra harmon...

Page 4: ...nt of compression In output mode switch down the meter will show the approximate amount of output signal It s worth noting that the meter circuit is an exact copy of the original which means it behaves exactly like and old school meter behaves The original AM864 compression meter circuit simply measures the amount of current passing into the input stage tubes as it relates to the level detector Th...

Page 5: ...ing when pointing to the 0 and is at its highest setting when pointing to 10 The attack ranges from 20ms at its lowest to 200ms at its highest point Release The release knob ranges from 5ms at 0 to 50ms at 10 Ratio Ratio is approximately 1 1 at its lowest setting and 1 8 at its highest setting Threshold Threshold is at its lowest setting at 0 and highest setting at 10 The threshold knob uses a hig...

Page 6: ...yle power switch and large red jewel power indicator This lamp uses a standard 6 3 volt screw in type T3 pilot bulb Input and Output The D864 features XLR input and output jacks located on the rear of the unit It also features a TS link jack for stereo operation Copyright 2015 Dizengoff Audio All rights reserved The information contained in this manual may be updated at any time without prior noti...

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