Motor City EQ from Heritage/Black Lion

No just a rare octave spaced inductor room EQ.

Probably sound like 4000 tacos... Which for that amount are there really any $4k analog EQs that sound like taco bell?

I'm slightly more amazed, and honestly frightened that someone with the resources of Michael Brauer went to Black Lion to get his originals fixed.

I know how crappy our tech situation in the greater NYC area is but if even a guy like him can't get his vintage shit fixed in town then we're all pretty fucked.

Both of Michaels motowns had external psus.

Michael was actually pretty integral during the design and approval process.  In fact one one the most stressful 5 minutes of my life was when he sat down at my desk and tested the final prototype.  We fed the motor city first a snare and then a kick (his motowns live on those) and then let him mix on them just to make sure no changes need to be made on them.  one of our guys took out his cell phone and recorded Michael mixing and my reactions (more so stress at that moment).

The "its simply got that sound" quote said by Michael earlier in the release isn't an endorsement that we asked him to say... it is quite literally the first thing he says in our video when he swivels my chair around, smiles and gave me his honest opinion.

The collaborative process that I and Peter had to come up with to be able to work together in different hemisphere was pretty unique and highly effective.  The entire development of this product is without a doubt the most excited I have been about a project in probably... ever.  We are VERY confident that people will love this eq as much as we do and for Michael to have been involved and in the shop with us and to give the thumbs up on the final product was just icing on that cake

both of these were mentioned on the other page but mini-side tangent: it would be cool if Plugin-Alliance purchased URS and brought those plug-ins back

From the pics, it looks like it's probably a cheap line lump supply. Maybe I'm wrong, but When BLA started, I think they were modding the power supplies in 002s. To see them make an exact replica with a cheap, off the shelf, supply, just seems weird. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it doesn't matter.

And again, I bet this thing sounds rad as hell and I'd love to test one out.

Exactly.

The criticism is not aimed at the sound. I thought that was clear.

I didn't find it all that harsh. Some reasonable questions about the PSU, some skepticism that's okay in the audio land and honestly, I thought Brauer partnering w/Black Lion was a bit of a "huh?". I only came across BL a decade or so ago and that was due to considering mods for gear I had at the time.

After all the followup from all sides though it seems more properly explained and I'd like to hear more about this unit and see it put through the paces.

Edit: jcoutu1 originally pointed out the "huh". I had the same reaction though.

Edit 2: haha, confused my brands for a minute.

I recognize that.  Others were pretty damning of Brauer and Black Lion.  I just wonder what I would think if I spent a year and a half perfecting something only to get instantly bashed on the internet before anyone heard it.  But to some degree that's the price of doing business.  

I got the same vibe. Tough room. Especially when no one has heard it.