Selling ELOP+ for 2 V-Comps or 2 RS124’s?

I have two Gyraf G22s. Lots of features and great value. I am selling the one in newer condition, unless I change my mind! 😀

Thanks all…

Dr bill, appreciate the recommendation, good idea, will send an email to AS and see how they feel about stereo…the possibility of stepped controls certainly gives the RS124 an advantage in that regard.

Ab101, haven’t heard of that unit before, will do some research!

Seawell, I hadn’t considered that option, not sure why since retro makes killer gear. Will have a look at that one for sure, especially since it’s a stereo unit to begin with, and I love how you can chain one into the other for mono sources, yet only use one 2U space. The D-Comp that I have can be pretty darn fast, but I’m sure it would come in handy with this type of compression as well.

I find the ELOP+ really clean, which actually is pretty great on the mixbus at times…but especially when tracking, I’d like something with more character that can also be tamed for the mixbus. I am seriously looking at the Retro now! 2u vs 6u for two V-Comps!

Revolver may have gone to the top of the list! Locomotive 14B also is pretty interesting as well…have looked at those for awhile now, love to hear from anyone who’s had some experience with them.

I've got 50+ channels of comps.  For mix bus, my absolute favorite are the Manley Vari-Mu and the Locomotive 14B's.  The Manley is easier as it's set up to be "stereo".  It's a little more retro / vintage sounding for lack of a better term.  The 14B's are bigger sounding, more in your face, a tad more modern sounding.  I could easily survive with either.

My apologies for the shameless plug but I think this may be helpful to give you an idea of how it sounds:  

It's a tough call, I don't think you could go wrong with a RS124 or Sta Level(I'd go Retro over V-Comp personally) but I think the Revolver is worth a look and maybe a demo!  

Seawell has great reviews and is trustworthy. As to the Elop+, the ergonomics on the front were a little painful (mirrored controls), but the sound was good.

For what it’s worth I’m selling a V-Comp on reverb right now. PM for details.

Yes agreed.

I didn't gel with the RS124.

There's something about the mids that don't work for me - to much emphasis in that low mid range for my taste.

There is for sure a STRONG low mid bump. This works great with acoustics, clean electrics, and a flat wound basses, but can be hit or miss on certain LVs, basses with roundwounds and anything else you don't want low mid coloration on.

"...may be coming out with stepped pots in the near future..."

Just a quick one: I am not sure why stepped pots are considered a benefit - when trying to match the settings between two different channels the little notches are essentially just creating quantized stair-step positions on a pot that are not generally matched to another pot of the same type. A standard pot is "smooth" (or is supposed to be) so any particular in-range resistance setting is achievable with some careful tuning (you're not "locked-out" of the optimum value by a step or "bump" that forces you somewhat above or below the target as you could be with a stepped pot).

If you like "the feel" of stepped-pots, I can understand that, but in terms of absolute precise matching of channel settings I don't see how they help (as opposed to mechanical switches with tight tolerance discrete resistors being used to set the gain, etc., which match as well as the tolerances allow.)

I also think that for the non-linear stuff (i.e. compressors) nominal matching of gain isn't the hard part - it's the precise matching of non-linear compression behavior that has much more to do with side chain matching, etc. - totally outside the control of the end user (aside from maybe attempting a fresh calibration).

Just my unsolicited thoughts on this :-)