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Post by jacobamerritt on Nov 1, 2022 12:33:00 GMT -6
So I have a deal on the table to buy 3 brand new Phoenix Audio DRSQ4 MKII units for $850 a piece. Pretty incredible price! They are the 'newer ones' made in the USA. I keep seeing that folks have issues with certain DRSs having bad op amps... I would hate to go in so hard on 6 channels if I'm going to be fighting an op amp battle for the rest of my life. Ha! Any perspective robschnapf notneeson lpedrum jcoutu1 |
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Post by Tbone81 on Nov 1, 2022 12:40:12 GMT -6
Sounds like a great deal, hard to pass up…but just food for thought, if you’re primarily looking for preamps you can find the 8 channel Phoenix pre for around $2000-2400 on reverb quite often.
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Post by jacobamerritt on Nov 1, 2022 12:51:23 GMT -6
Sounds like a great deal, hard to pass up…but just food for thought, if you’re primarily looking for preamps you can find the 8 channel Phoenix pre for around $2000-2400 on reverb quite often. Ive seen those prices for used, but I would prefer getting something new with a warranty. Plus having 6 Pres with EQs is more useful to me than 8 pres. I have tons of pres already and actually want to simplify things a bit. |
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Post by Quint on Nov 1, 2022 17:53:24 GMT -6
I remember Front End Audio or Zen Pro, I forget which, offering these Phoenix EQs (and preamps) for pretty cheap prices, around the range of prices being discussion in this thread.
I have no personal experience with Phoenix products, and they seem to be pretty well regarded sound wise. That said, I too have heard about the opamp thing and it has made me take pause whenever I've considering buying a Phoenix product.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Nov 1, 2022 19:53:06 GMT -6
I think I got mine at 1200 new as a smoking deal. I wouldn’t buy at that price thinking flip for profit, but the deal is good. 425 per channel for preamp eq is pretty damn good. Worth every penny. I like mine a lot. Did pop an op amp, but the repair was painless.
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Post by plinker on Nov 1, 2022 20:41:27 GMT -6
I remember Front End Audio or Zen Pro, I forget which, offering these Phoenix EQs (and preamps) for pretty cheap prices, around the range of prices being discussion in this thread. I have no personal experience with Phoenix products, and they seem to be pretty well regarded sound wise. That said, I too have heard about the opamp thing and it has made me take pause whenever I've considering buying a Phoenix product. I looked into this not too long ago and saw great prices at one of those places too. But as I looked deeper I found that they were selling the older model that had reliability issues. I think they were just trying to get rid of the old stock. |
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Post by ab101 on Nov 1, 2022 20:43:16 GMT -6
Warren Dent at Zen Pro Audio - he has a mod with a 40hz HPF. Not sure it applies to these particular phoenix eqs. Anyway, he is very knowledgeable about Phoenix Audio.
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Post by jacobamerritt on Nov 1, 2022 23:00:10 GMT -6
I looked into this not too long ago and saw great prices at one of those places too. But as I looked deeper I found that they were selling the older model that had reliability issues. I think they were just trying to get rid of the old stock. I checked, these are not the original more problematic UK versions. Also I emailed a shop directly to get the price, not a public price online. |
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Post by jacobamerritt on Nov 1, 2022 23:03:16 GMT -6
I remember Front End Audio or Zen Pro, I forget which, offering these Phoenix EQs (and preamps) for pretty cheap prices, around the range of prices being discussion in this thread. I have no personal experience with Phoenix products, and they seem to be pretty well regarded sound wise. That said, I too have heard about the opamp thing and it has made me take pause whenever I've considering buying a Phoenix product. I just checked my email history- ZenPro had them for 1299 in 2019 back when I was considering them in the past. They still have one unit with their mod available from what I can tell. |
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Post by srb on Nov 2, 2022 12:36:38 GMT -6
I have the Phoenix Ascent Two, and I love it. Not hesitant to use it on anything, but I love it most on electric guitars. The EQ is really quite nice.
I had mine modded to the 40hz version at the manufacturer before purchase.
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Post by robschnapf on Nov 10, 2022 12:59:53 GMT -6
Phoenix has great customer service. Robin is very helpful.
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Post by plinker on Nov 21, 2022 22:01:39 GMT -6
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