dbx 165 1980’s – Black

For sale is my dbx 165 Over Easy Compressor/ Limiter that is in perfectly good working order .

This has been in my home rack for many years and has been kept clean and in a non-smoking environment for over 15 years . The handful of electrolytic capacitors and the power supply filtering caps have all been replaced recently and this also comes with the original owners manual . The unit is clean and works, sounds just as it should.

This will be packed and boxed up with extreme care .

Features / Specifications

• Power switch (with LED indicator)
• Stereo coupler (with slave LED indicator). Each 165 is equipped with matched rms detectors for stereo-strapping operation without the signal-summing errors of conventional strapped compressors.
• Compression ratio: continuously variable, 1:1 – 20:1 and infinity
• Release: continuously variable, 4k to 10 db/sec
• Attack: continuously variable, 400 – 1 db/msec
• In manual mode, variable attack and release rates allow the 165A to be used as an ultra-fast or slower rms-detecting limiter.
• Auto attack/release (with LED indicator). In automatic mode, compressor attack and release times are determined by program material dynamics.
• Meter switching: input, output, gain change. Analog rms meter is switchable to read input or output levels or the amount of gain reduction over a 30dB range.
• System bypass
• Output gain: continuously variable, -20 to + 20dB
• Meter adjustment screw.
• Active balanced input for hum and RF rejection.
• 24dBv input/output capabilities
• Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz +/- 0.5 dB

• THD: 0.2%, maximum compression, 1 kHz, 0 dBV
• Noise: – 90 dBV
• Maximum Input: + 24 dBV
• Maximum Output: + 23 dBV
• Input Impedance: 22k ohm differential, 11k ohm unbalanced
• Output Impedance: Low single ended, for driving 600 ohm or greater
• Gain: – 20 to + 20 dB
• Threshold Range: – 40 to + 20 dBV (Compressor), – 2 to + 24 dBV (PeakStop)
• Maximum Compression: Greater than 60 dB