Hand-built in England by Thermionic Culture, The Phoenix is a pure-valve stereo compressor beloved for the way it glues a mix together with warmth and weight rather than squashing it. Famously musical and forgiving, it adds tube richness and a gorgeous sense of cohesion to mix bus, drums and vocals. Twin VU meters, real iron, real valves, a proper boutique British classic.

FEATURES & PROS:

• All-valve signal path: Genuine tube warmth and harmonic richness, not a solid-state imitation.
• Mix-bus glue: That sought-after cohesion that makes a mix sound finished.
• Musical and forgiving: Hard to make it sound bad, easy to make it sound expensive.
• Stereo with twin VUs: Visual metering and true stereo operation.
• Boutique British build: Hand-made by Thermionic Culture in England.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Stereo valve (tube) compressor
• Twin VU metering
• Balanced I/O, 2U rackmount