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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.
- Device type
- Optical CompressorYes
- Basic features
- All stepped manipulatorsYes
- Sidechain HPFOFF, 60Hz, 120Hz
- Input & Output
- Audio transformersYes, IGS Custom
- Input Impedance (balanced)10k ohm
- Output Impedance (balanced)600 ohm, Custom transformer
- Levels
- Operating Level+4 dBu
- Max input level+20 dBu
- Max output level+22 dBu
- Max Gain Reduction20 dB
- Max. gain30 dB
- Noise Level-99 dBA
- Time constants
- Ratio2:1, 4:1, 12:1
- Bandwidth
- Frequency response8 Hz to 20 kHz, +/- 0.1dB
- Distortion (@ 20 Hz - 20 kHz)
- THD+N0.012%
- Power
- Power consumption2.5W
- Packing box
- Shipping weight1kg