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Reactor owners manual

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:54 pm
by heinzdastier
Hello to all,
today I get my Reactor Nr. 41 of 500. Did anyone have a owners manual or know where I can get one?
Please help.
Thanks alot.
Heinz

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:34 pm
by OldSchoolFool
Reactor
The Reactor is Phoenix Gold's first ZX series special edition amplifier. It consists of a
ZX500 and a ZX450 in a special chassis. The brushed sheet metal chassis is finished in
a special clear powder coating. Production is limited to 500 units with each amp's serial
number stamped into the top of the chassis. The retail price was $2500.
Functionally the two amps are completely stock with no signal connections between the
two amplifiers.

The specs are:
Output Power per Channel @ 1% THD (all channels driven)*
ZX500
Into 4 ohms @ 12.0 VDC 75 watts x 2
Into 4 ohms @ 14.4 VDC 200 watts x 2
Into 2 ohms @ 14.4 VDC 300 watts x 2
Into 1 ohm @ 14.4 VDC (current limited) 300 watts x 2*
Bridged into 4 ohms @ 14.4 VDC 600 watts x 1
Bridged into 2 ohms @ 14.4 VDC (current limited) 600 watts x 1*
Frequency Response ± 1dB from 20Hz to 20kHz
Signal to Noise Ratio >100dB
Crossover Freq. Range & Slope 30 - 600 Hz @ 24 dB per octave
Bass Boost +18 dB @ 45 Hz
Lowest THD 0.02%
Damping Factor 500 to 1
Input Sensitivity 200 millivolts to 6 volts
Input Impedance >30k ohms
Input Voltage Range 10.5 volts to 15.0 volts
Continuous current draw @ full power** 50 amps
Peak current draw @ full power*** 80 amps
Recommended Fuse Size 50 amps

ZX450
Into 4 ohms @ 12.0 VDC 18 watts x 4
Into 4 ohms @ 14.4 VDC 75 watts x 4
Into 2 ohms @ 14.4 VDC 150 watts x 4
Into 1 ohm @ 14.4 VDC (current limited) 150 watts x 4*
Bridged into 4 ohms @ 14.4 VDC 250 watts x 2
Bridged into 2 ohms @ 14.4 VDC (current limited) 250 watts x 2*
Frequency Response ± 1dB from 20Hz to 20kHz
Signal to Noise Ratio >100dB
Crossover Freq. Range & Slope, Front 30 - 6000 Hz @ 24 dB per octave
Crossover Freq. Range & Slope, Rear 30 - 60 Hz @ 24 dB per octave
Lowest THD 0.02%
Bass Boost +18 dB @ 45 Hz
Damping Factor 500 to 1
Input Sensitivity 200 millivolts to 6 volts
Input Impedance >30k ohms
Input Voltage Range 10.5 volts to 15.0 volts
Continuous current draw @ full power** 55 amps
Peak current draw @ full power*** 80 amps
Recommended Fuse Size (internal) 50 amps
Dimensions 25.0"L x 14.0"W x 2.5"H

* Special circuitry limits output power at low impedances. Low impedance operation
requires large gauge power cable and at least 1.2 farads of capacitance. MINIMUM
SPEAKER LOAD IS 2 OHMS BRIDGED OR 1 OHM STEREO.
** Average continuous current draw when playing typical music material
*** Average peak current needed for musical peaks (<20 ms) when playing typical music
material.

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:38 pm
by stipud
At the top of this forum is a link to the downloads section.

For example, you can find the reactor manual here:
http://download.phoenixphorum.com/Manua ... itionAmps/

Also have some interesting literature here:
http://download.phoenixphorum.com/Literature/Reactor/

Reactor owners manual

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:56 am
by heinzdastier
Thanks
to Oldschoolfool for the specs of the reactor, but I meant the little book that PG has given to each amp. Perhaps it is available to download anywhere.

Thanks
to stipud for the links, but I didn´t found any information in the limited edition amps area for the reactor.

Greetz
Heinz

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:23 am
by stipud
Hey you're right...

Well, for now you can just use the ZX450 and ZX500 manuals, since those are the two amps that are part of the Reactor.

http://download.phoenixphorum.com/Manua ... /zx450.pdf
http://download.phoenixphorum.com/Manua ... 2chann.pdf