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Gold Coverage Includes:
- Unexpected and unintentional spills, drops and cracks
- Normal wear and tear
- Power surges
- Dust, internal heat and humidity
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- For products over $200, No Lemon Policy applies. If it fails for the same defect 3 times, it is replaced on the 4th breakdown. (Does not apply to failures due to drops, spills, and cracks)
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- Plans are transferable in the event merchandise is sold
- Plans are renewable on new gear
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Bring a more professional sound to your mix.
Adding a dbx 266xs Compressor/Limiter/Gate to your live sound rig or studio gives you more dynamic control to help create a more polished, professional sound. Having compression in your audio chain gives you the ability to smooth out uneven levels, add sustain to guitars and fatten up your drums. It also makes it easy to bring vocals to the front of your mix - adding greater clarity and making them stand out from the surrounding instruments
Features
- Error proof operation to smooth uneven levels, add sustain to guitars, fatten drums or tighten up mixes
- New gate timing algorithms ensure the smoothest release characteristics
- Program-adaptive expander/gates
- Great sounding dynamics control for any type of program material
- Separate precision LED displays for gain reduction, compression threshold and gate threshold allow quick, accurate setup
- Stereo or dual-mono operation
- Balanced inputs and outputs on 1/4" TRS and XLR connectors
- Side Chain insert
- Classic dbx "Auto" mode
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266xs Compressor/Gate Specifications:
- INPUTS
- Connector: 1/4" TRS, female XLR (pin 2 hot)
- Type: Electronically balanced/unbalanced, RF filtered
- Impedance: 40kÎ balanced, 20kÎ unbalanced
- Maximum Level: >+22dBu Balanced or Unbalanced
- OUTPUTS
- Connector: 1/4" TRS, female XLR (pin 2 hot)
- Type: Impedance-balanced/unbalanced, RF filtered
- Impedance (+4dBu): 100Î balanced, 50Î unbalanced
- Impedance (-10dBu): 1kÎ balanced, 500Î unbalanced
- Maximum Level:
- >+21dBu balanced/unbalanced into 2kÎ or greater
- >+18dBm balanced/unbalanced (into 600&omega)
- SIDECHAIN INSERT
- Connector: 1/4" TRS Phone, Normalled: Ring = Output (send); Tip = Input (return)
- Impedance: Tip = >10kÎ(Input), Ring = 2kÎ(Output)
- Maximum Level: Tip = >+22dBu (Input), Ring = >+20dBu (Output)
- COMPRESSION
- Threshold Range: -40dBu to +20dBu
- Threshold
- Characteristic: Selectable OverEasy or hard knee
- Compression Ratio: 1:1 to Infinity:1
- Attack Time: Scalable Program-Dependent AutoDynamic
- Release Time: Scalable Program-Dependent AutoDynamic
- EXPANDER/GATE
- Threshold Range: -60dBu to +15dBu
- Expansion Ratio: 1:1 to 4:1
- Attack Time: <100&MICRO;Sec
Release Time: Program-Dependent - SYSTEM
- Bandwidth: 0.35Hz - 90kHz, +0/-3dB
- Frequency Response (Flat): 20Hz - 20kHz; +0/-0.5dB,
- Noise: <-93dBu, unweighted (22kHz measurement bandwidth)
THD + N: <0.2%; Any Amount of Compression @1kHz
Intermodulation Distortion: <0.2% SMPTE
Dynamic Range: >114dB, unweighted - Interchannel Crosstalk <-95dB, 20Hz to 20kHz
CMRR: >40dB, typically >55dB at 1kHz - Stereo Coupling: True RMS Power Summing
- POWER
- Power Consumption: 15 Watts Maximum
- Operating Voltage: 100 VAC 50/60Hz; 120VAC 60Hz; 230 VAC 50/60 Hz
- Operating Temperature: 0C to 45C (32F to 113F)
- PHYSICAL
- Dimensions: 1.75" x 5.75" x 19" (4.45 cm x 14.6 cm x 48.26 cm)
- Weight: Net: 4.84 lb. (2.19 kg); Shipping: 6.6 lb. (2.99 kg)
- Note: 0dBu = 0.775Vrms
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