IK Multimedia Z-TONE Buffer Boost
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Overview & Tech Specs
Overview & Tech Specs
Preamp/DI pedal with advanced tone shaping
Guitar & bass pedalboards are all about exploring new tones & textures, creating a wide range of sound for your instrument. Z-TONE® Buffer Boost takes your live rig to a new level, letting you shape the sound of your instrument with the input circuits from our award-winning AXE I/O interface.
Key Features
- Active/Passive pickup selector
- PURE channel for transparent sound
- JFET channel adds warmth & harmonics
- Z-TONE variable impedance control creates a wide range of tones
- Buffers signal for longer pedalboards & cable runs
- Boost circuit adds volume & drive
- Alternate outs for mixers & PAs
- Ground lift switch eliminates buzz & hum
- Designed and made in Italy
Z-TONE Buffer Boost Specifications
Topology
- Ultra low noise, high bandwidth and ultra low distortion preamp, buffer and direct box, with boost control and variable gain and input impedance.
- Transformer-based galvanically isolated balanced output and electronically buffered low impedance unbalanced output.
- PURE and JFET input stages for total transparency or added harmonics.
Audio specs
- I/O Gain: Unitary, from 1/4” input JACK to both 1/4” and XLR outputs when GAIN is at 0dB and Z-TONE at the SHARP position.
- Gain Range: From -8dB to +8dB
- Boost range: From 0dB to +10dB
- Input impedance - Z-TONE set on PASSIVE mode: Variable from 1MΩ down to 2.2kΩ
- Input impedance - Z-TONE set on ACTIVE mode: Approx 20kΩ
- Output impedance, unbalanced out: 56Ω
- Output impedance, balanced out: 600Ω
- Max input level before clipping: +13dBm when powered by 48V phantom, +9dBm when powered by 9V battery
- Dynamic Range: better than 114dB(A) for both outputs, input gain at 0dB
- Total Harmonic Distortion, balanced output, 1kHz, +4dBm input: 0.0033% (PURE), 0.2% (JFET)
- Total Harmonic Distortion, unbalanced output, 1kHz, +4dBm input: 0.00055% (PURE), 0.2% (JFET)
- Frequency response: from 5Hz to 30kHz -1dB
- Phase deviation: 0° +/-10° from 20Hz to 20kHz
Power
- Phantom power: +48V phantom on Balanced output
- Battery power: 9V - not included
- External DC power: 9VDC, positive outside - not included
- Current consumption from P48 phantom power source: 6.5mA
Dimensions
- Size: 10.8cm/4.25" x 12cm/4.72" x 5.8cm/2.28"
- Weight: 600g/21.2oz
Package includes
- Z-TONE Buffer Boost unit
