Reissue the API 550A EQ

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In article <a727dac5.0410211314.25380ef7@posting.google.com> garrcox@yahoo.com writes:

> Mercenary has these posted for about 1600 a module. I'm interested.

Is that DOLLAR$? Well, maybe it's worth it for someone who always
wanted an API channel, and maybe it really costs that much to build
(and make a profit) but it seems like just one more extravagance to
me.

Paul Wolf, who brought API back from a near death 20 years ago, now
has a new company, Tonelux. At AES, he'll be showing a new 4-band
equalizer that appears to have the soul of the API but it isn't a
copy, maybe a mic preamp as well.


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I agree on the price but would like to hear it none-the-less. I'm
curious how much like the original it will sound. Rarely when
something is reintroduced does it sound like the original.

cheers

garrett



mrivers@d-and-d.com (Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:<znr1098402133k@trad>...
> In article <a727dac5.0410211314.25380ef7@posting.google.com> garrcox@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > Mercenary has these posted for about 1600 a module. I'm interested.
>
> Is that DOLLAR$? Well, maybe it's worth it for someone who always
> wanted an API channel, and maybe it really costs that much to build
> (and make a profit) but it seems like just one more extravagance to
> me.
>
> Paul Wolf, who brought API back from a near death 20 years ago, now
> has a new company, Tonelux. At AES, he'll be showing a new 4-band
> equalizer that appears to have the soul of the API but it isn't a
> copy, maybe a mic preamp as well.

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In article <a727dac5.0410221917.2ec56241@posting.google.com> garrcox@yahoo.com writes:

> I agree on the price but would like to hear it none-the-less. I'm
> curious how much like the original it will sound. Rarely when
> something is reintroduced does it sound like the original.

When "sounds like the original" is your criteria for acceptance, it
begs the qustions "which original?" Alternately, just what about the
original does it sound like (and what doesn't it sound like)? Why buy
an equalizer just because it's an API 550A? Why not buy an equalizer
because it seems like it would be useful to you?

Listening, and actually using it on a number of sessions, is the way
to find out. Reading the ad copy isn't. I trust that if Fletcher sells
a product, he has heard it and has found it to be useful, perhaps in
many of the same places as the original product would be. Frankly, I
don't think that having a few of these equalizers around would change
my life in audio measurably. Your mileage and bank account may differ.



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why not get a 550b and get the other mid band?
--Lou Gimenez
The Music Lab
2" 24track w all the Goodies
www.musiclabnyc.com



> From: garrcox@yahoo.com (Garrett Cox)
> Organization: http://groups.google.com
> Newsgroups: rec.audio.pro
> Date: 25 Oct 2004 22:19:22 -0700
> Subject: Re: Reissue the API 550A EQ
>
>> When "sounds like the original" is your criteria for acceptance, it
>> begs the qustions "which original?" Alternately, just what about the
>> original does it sound like (and what doesn't it sound like)? Why buy
>> an equalizer just because it's an API 550A? Why not buy an equalizer
>> because it seems like it would be useful to you?
>
> Without articulating it too much, to me it sounds like a very usable
> EQ. I've enjoyed using them at other studios and really would just
> like to pick up a couple. I have service concerns with old gear. So if
> I'm going to drop 1600 on an EQ I'd just like it work, no surprises. I
> would have no problem using a Behringer EQ if it worked. The 550a
> doesn't sound like a Behringer EQ, to my ears anyway. And I like that
> about it. Thats not to say there is no use for a Behringer EQ, and
> sometimes it's not appropriate to use a 550a. I'm no "fan-boy". I have
> no brand loyalty. I just like things that work.
>
>
>>
>> Listening, and actually using it on a number of sessions, is the way
>> to find out. Reading the ad copy isn't. I trust that if Fletcher sells
>> a product, he has heard it and has found it to be useful, perhaps in
>> many of the same places as the original product would be. Frankly, I
>> don't think that having a few of these equalizers around would change
>> my life in audio measurably. Your mileage and bank account may differ.
>
>
> Agreed. Fletcher sells everything with a great return policy and I'll
> likely be purchasing from him and thats great peace of mind. If it
> doesn't work in my studio, which is a possibility, I can send it back
> and only be out the shipping. I could benefit from some good sounding
> EQ (the 550a is good sounding EQ IMHO) I wish my bank account did
> differ.
>
> cheers
>
> garrett