Allen&Heath ZED POWER - Manual (Page 10)

Allen & Heath 10 ZED POWER 1000
Background Overview:
The Allen & Heath ZED series mixers have been designed in the beautiful county of Cornwall in
the UK and are manufactured alongside a wide range of professional audio mixing consoles to
the same high standards. Many of the components used in the ZED POWER 1000 mixer are
exactly the same as in the larger Allen & Heath products and the construction methods are also
very similar — utilising individual vertically mounted channel circuit boards with each rotary
control fixed with a metal nut to the front panel. This provides a very robust product that will
resist damage and give years of reliable use. It also makes servicing much easier should it be
required, with the ability to remove one particular channel from the mixer at a time.
The audio circuitry is based on years of continual development and refinement, the perfor-
mance of all the elements within the mixer is scrutinised and perfected to ensure the very best
sound quality possible.
Multi-application:
ZED mixers are great for live mixing. Their layout makes them very easy to use and achieve a
great sound. They are also perfect for recording, either a live show or an audio project at home
can be built up track by track using the USB digital audio interface. The flexibility and quality of
these mixers make them stand out from the crowd. You can plug your guitars or instruments
straight into the class A discrete FET high impedance inputs, cater for up to eight microphones,
two stereo sources with MP3 player compatibility, separate 2-track record outputs and a stereo
playback input for 2-track replay or interval music from a CD player, XLR main stereo outputs
with inserts, comprehensive monitoring with headphones and separate monitor speaker out-
puts, 48V microphone phantom power, DI level switching for sub mixing, and not least of all,
the same digital effects algorithms as those used on our flagship digital consoles costing many
times as much! All this and the ability to withstand life being gigged night after night.
ZED mixers are also ideal for teaching establishments, houses of worship, hotels and confer-
ence centres where their ease of use and robust qualities make them a top choice.
Built in high power amplifier:
The ZED POWER 1000 mixer has a built in 2 channel high power class 'D' amplifier coupled to a
super-reliable linear power supply. This combination provides the best of both worlds—the cool
running efficiency of class D amplification coupled to the proven robustness of a linear power
source with the ability to cope with high demand surges.
The built in amplifiers can be configured by switching the sources, to power stereo PA speakers
or a mono PA setup with monitor speaker. There are also jack sockets for the amp inputs, al-
lowing external sources to be connected, or a filtered sum of the main bus to feed a sub bass
speaker.
Having built in amplifiers is convenient in so many applications, simplifying cabling and reduc-
ing equipment bulk, and it allows for easy control of each part of the signal chain.
Mic/Line Pre-amps:
Based on the pre-amps from the MixWizard series, the ZED POWER 1000 pre-amps use low
noise discrete transistor circuitry to achieve high gain (60dB max), low noise and great linearity.
INTRODUCTION TO THE ZED POWER 1000