Thermionic Culture Phoenix SB

Classic Vari-Mu style British hand made compressor. A beautifully made, wonderfully sounding, unit that has found a natural home in many studios looking for warm tube stereo compression with all the modern features :

All valve signal path and side chain, point to point hand wired in England.
Subtle control with "soft knee" compression, but more compression effects when pushed hard.
Continuously variable attack, release and threshold controls.
Stereo link for mix buss compression.
Side chain filters to enable compression of all frequencies except bass.
Flat frequency response over full audio range and beyond.
Very low phase shift and harmonic distortion (unless pushed hard).
Push-pull design gives a natural warm sound with high output level.
Output trim controls for fine adjustment or lower level operation.
Balanced ins and outs with custom made Sowter transformers.
Bypass switch on each channel removes all electronics.
Standby switch to prolong valve life.
Distortion effects can be created with Standby on.