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Post by levon on Apr 26, 2015 2:51:47 GMT -6
The thing that this does.. that you don't know you need, until you use it.. is tighten and sweeten the bottom end of everything it touches... You set cut and boost to about 4.5 on each dial and then click the low end selection and one of them will be Goldilocks... just right! I tell ya, at the US price this thing is... grab a few. cheers Wiz That's exactly what I do with my Retro 2A3, so do I need another Warm Pultec? BTW, with the lousy $ exchange rate, the Warm is €750 here right now.
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Post by levon on Apr 26, 2015 3:31:43 GMT -6
The thing that this does.. that you don't know you need, until you use it.. is tighten and sweeten the bottom end of everything it touches... You set cut and boost to about 4.5 on each dial and then click the low end selection and one of them will be Goldilocks... just right! I tell ya, at the US price this thing is... grab a few. cheers Wiz That's exactly what I do with my Retro 2A3, so do I need another Warm Pultec? BTW, with the lousy $ exchange rate, the Warm is €750 here right now. I feel like I answered my own question...
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Post by tasteliketape on Apr 26, 2015 16:42:39 GMT -6
There a pair for 1200 on the other site
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Post by swurveman on Apr 26, 2015 17:07:30 GMT -6
It would be cool to hear some sound samples comparing a couple on the mix bus with a couple of Pultecs. That's a $5,400.00 difference in price between new units.
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Post by kcatthedog on Apr 26, 2015 17:37:17 GMT -6
You already know real pultecs are not going to sound 4-500 % better: there's a lot of other gear you could buy with 5 grand !!!!!
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Post by lolo on Apr 26, 2015 19:48:45 GMT -6
My Pair should arrive this week.
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Post by Martin John Butler on Apr 26, 2015 20:15:19 GMT -6
If you look at the WA76 for example, it's based on the Rev D revision, so comparisons with other types are of course, a normal thing to do, but the fairest test would be against a Rev D UAD 1176. What would be the fairest comparison of the EQP-WA?
There was a serious shootout between all the versions and various revisions of the 1176. I lost the link, but the consensus was, the WA76 topped them all with the exception of the two original UREI models. That gives me great confidence that the EQP-WA will likely sound as good as any competitor.
Warm Audio keeps delivering on their promise of great sound at fair prices. When I see a real use for the EQP-WA in my system, I'll probably try to get one, or two.
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Post by jeromemason on Apr 28, 2015 14:14:48 GMT -6
My Pair should arrive this week. You get them in bro? Any word?
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Post by Randge on Apr 28, 2015 18:21:42 GMT -6
I was able to do a shoutout the other day of a real UA 1176 reissue and the Warm-76. While neither were my cup of tea, I found the Warm to be rather cloudy and the snappy attack I have known good 1176's to have was just not there. The UA-1176 reissue was only a couple months old and already had static sounding pots and while it had good attack, the body disappeared as compression was raised. It wasn't even as good as the plug in versions UA has out. There is no way to short cut a Pultec sound either. It's in the transformers. While the Warm may sound decent, I have the feeling it will be much like the Wa-76. Just not quite there.
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Post by Johnkenn on Apr 28, 2015 19:25:08 GMT -6
attack felt a little spongey imo
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Post by wiz on Apr 28, 2015 19:37:41 GMT -6
I was able to do a shoutout the other day of a real UA 1176 reissue and the Warm-76. While neither were my cup of tea, I found the Warm to be rather cloudy and the snappy attack I have known good 1176's to have was just not there. The UA-1176 reissue was only a couple months old and already had static sounding pots and while it had good attack, the body disappeared as compression was raised. It wasn't even as good as the plug in versions UA has out. There is no way to short cut a Pultec sound either. It's in the transformers. While the Warm may sound decent, I have the feeling it will be much like the Wa-76. Just not quite there. Damn you Randge 8) you have peaked my interest now.... Its been a few years since I used a real 1176 Blue Stripe... hmmmm anyone got a hairball rev A and the WA76 cheers Wiz
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Apr 28, 2015 19:41:43 GMT -6
I've never owned a hairball build but I've used them Wiz. I thought it was every bit as good as the reissues. Solid build for sure.
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Post by Ward on Apr 28, 2015 20:35:53 GMT -6
I was able to do a shoutout the other day of a real UA 1176 reissue and the Warm-76. While neither were my cup of tea, I found the Warm to be rather cloudy and the snappy attack I have known good 1176's to have was just not there. The UA-1176 reissue was only a couple months old and already had static sounding pots and while it had good attack, the body disappeared as compression was raised. It wasn't even as good as the plug in versions UA has out. There is no way to short cut a Pultec sound either. It's in the transformers. While the Warm may sound decent, I have the feeling it will be much like the Wa-76. Just not quite there. May as well stay off topic, and go with it, I suppose. The WA76 is a REV D clone, not a Rev-F which is what the UA1176 reissue is. They are different beasts. The Rev A or A/B is spongier than the D, the F is harder and snappier. The G/H is even a tiny bit snappier than that. I have some of each. I had my UA's rebuilt to the exact spec of the original Revision Fs and they nail it now. But they're not perfect for every application. "Blackies" suck on vocals, IMHO. If you want a clone that has the snap of the original, you might want a Mohog. Mine never gets used...well hardly ever. It usually just sits there powered off. So, as far as a Rev D is concerned? The WA76 is very much like the original. Not exactly a D, but close enough... a large C. LOL
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Post by jeromemason on Apr 28, 2015 21:01:43 GMT -6
I was able to do a shoutout the other day of a real UA 1176 reissue and the Warm-76. While neither were my cup of tea, I found the Warm to be rather cloudy and the snappy attack I have known good 1176's to have was just not there. The UA-1176 reissue was only a couple months old and already had static sounding pots and while it had good attack, the body disappeared as compression was raised. It wasn't even as good as the plug in versions UA has out. There is no way to short cut a Pultec sound either. It's in the transformers. While the Warm may sound decent, I have the feeling it will be much like the Wa-76. Just not quite there. Damn you Randge 8) you have peaked my interest now.... Its been a few years since I used a real 1176 Blue Stripe... hmmmm anyone got a hairball rev A and the WA76 cheers Wiz The U76 I built was probably the most impressive build in terms of converting a rack mount circuit (or just a circuit in general) to 500 series. I took the U76 and jacked it's gain and output volume up while doing the same to a full out Rev A and the damn harmonics were exactly the same, same level, same points. Then, I would pass pink noise through both and even the freaking knee in the compression ratios was so close what I had couldn't measure the difference. All we can do is give these types of emu's a try and see how they do. If they don't do well then send them back. That's what I'm gonna do.
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Post by lolo on Apr 29, 2015 9:10:34 GMT -6
My Pair should arrive this week. You get them in bro? Any word? Should receive in the next day or 2. on a truck :-)
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Post by kcatthedog on Apr 29, 2015 9:23:56 GMT -6
I understand when people say that the Warm pultec is not exactly like the original, but personally I have a lot of respect (100%) for David, the president/owner of Cinemag and when he and Bryce signed of on the transformer design and build, I thought the Warm pultec eq's are going to sound pretty damn fine.
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Post by mdmitch2 on May 13, 2015 11:32:12 GMT -6
Can anyone with the Warm EQP comment on whether the gain knobs are detented or fully variable? I'm assuming fully variable, but I'd be more interested if there were detents. wiz?
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Post by Ward on May 13, 2015 14:38:07 GMT -6
WHatevs
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Post by RedIP on May 13, 2015 18:18:25 GMT -6
Yes they have indented pots
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Post by wiz on May 13, 2015 18:41:52 GMT -6
Can anyone with the Warm EQP comment on whether the gain knobs are detented or fully variable? I'm assuming fully variable, but I'd be more interested if there were detents. wiz? yes, detents. cheers Wiz
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Post by mdmitch2 on May 13, 2015 19:42:05 GMT -6
Can anyone with the Warm EQP comment on whether the gain knobs are detented or fully variable? I'm assuming fully variable, but I'd be more interested if there were detents. wiz? yes, detents. cheers Wiz sweet, thanks -- can you say how many positions there are in between the markings on the silkscreen? I'm trying to figure out if I'll be able to do recalls visually, or if I'll have to count the clicks for each knob.
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Post by wiz on May 13, 2015 19:52:12 GMT -6
sweet, thanks -- can you say how many positions there are in between the markings on the silkscreen? I'm trying to figure out if I'll be able to do recalls visually, or if I'll have to count the clicks for each knob. 4 clicks I just do mine visually... the markings run from 1 to 10... that doesn't represent 1 db Steps, I think from memory the amount of swing is 18dB cheers Wiz
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Post by EmRR on May 14, 2015 8:58:47 GMT -6
I assume this is the standard mechanical detent, and not actually a stepped pot, which means it's not exactly 'resistive recall', but maybe close enough for most purposes. If true, you can probably measure minute (0.0x-ish) gain differences every time you reset to the same location.
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Post by RedIP on May 14, 2015 10:28:18 GMT -6
Correct. They are not stepped pots
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Post by mdmitch2 on May 14, 2015 14:17:03 GMT -6
I assume this is the standard mechanical detent, and not actually a stepped pot, which means it's not exactly 'resistive recall', but maybe close enough for most purposes. If true, you can probably measure minute (0.0x-ish) gain differences every time you reset to the same location. Hopefully it won't set off my perfectionist tendencies... I looked on digikey and the most positions on a grayhill switch was 24 and the cost was about $70/each, so I guess we won't see those in any affordable equipment anytime soon, let alone a 40 position switch... I imagine that would take up an enormous amount of space on the pcb if such a thing even exists.
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