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The “NICERIZER 16 mk2” Owner’s Manual 

 

Firstly, let us congratulate you on your purchase of the “Nicerizer 16 mk2”. We 
know you will be as pleased with its sonic qualities as we are. 
 
You are now the proud owner of a “Nicerizer 16 mk2” that has the advantages of 
more than 25 years experience in audio engineering, today’s component and 
manufacturing technology, but still retaining “that sound” uniquely achievable 
through Class A design. 
 
As you can tell, Phoenix Audio is dedicated to the development of Class A 
discrete technology used within high build-quality equipment. 
 
The “Nicerizer 16 mk2” was originally conceived because of the demand from 
customers for something that would "sweeten" the output from Digital Audio 
Workstations, and to make the final mix easier to distribute and handle. 
 
The “Nicerizer 16 mk2” is designed to take the output out of the digital realm, and 
to add the Class A characteristics and feel before the final recording. 
 
The ““Nicerizer 16 mk2”” uses our well proven and loved Class A output stage 
(DSOP-2), but also has our latest breakthrough in transformer-less Class A, 
Discrete Input Technology which gives a "valve-like" sound, and our Class A, 
Discrete, Virtual Earth mixing stage, and Unique Class A Discrete Stereo Width 
mixing stage. 
 

 

 

Summary of Contents for NICERIZER 16 mk2

Page 1: ...the development of Class A discrete technology used within high build quality equipment The Nicerizer 16 mk2 was originally conceived because of the demand from customers for something that would sweeten the output from Digital Audio Workstations and to make the final mix easier to distribute and handle The Nicerizer 16 mk2 is designed to take the output out of the digital realm and to add the Cla...

Page 2: ...ing Output Switchable to each channel external input via 2T Return Auxiliary and Main output includes monitoring of the mix bus L R and Stereo Main Outputs on Balanced XLR s Auxiliary Outputs on TRS Jacks 2T Return inputs on TRS Jacks Class A Stereo Width control with Loss less Bass Pan able from mono through to 25 Wider Width control Bypass switch Huge headroom available on all channels Input Hea...

Page 3: ...without the 6dB loss often associated with sending an unbalanced signal into a balanced input Jacks on Rear Panel Inserts There are two TRS Jacks marked Insert L and R These are unbalanced inserts to allow you to insert outboard equipment across the busses such as a compressor The inserts can be used as unbalanced or balanced inserts providing the correct cable is used see connections and function...

Page 4: ...vidually controlled and can be panned From Left to Right and anywhere in between 8 dB Push button switches Between the rows of Pan controls there is a row of Push button switches marked 8 Each switch is associated with an individual channel and pressing a switch will add an additional gain of 8dB to the input of that channel Monitor Selector Switch Rotary The monitor Selector switch is a 12 positi...

Page 5: ...d 2 4 10 13 16 dB Although the metering only shows a maximum level of 16dB and the LED s are Red this in NO WAY indicates that the unit is clipping The Nicerizer 16 is capable of delivering up to 26dB way beyond the capability of the LED Meters So if you want a much hotter output just turn it up Stereo Width Control and Toggle switch The Stereo Width control is a Class A Discrete lossless bass cir...

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