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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 30, 2015 7:23:26 GMT -6
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Post by EmRR on Oct 30, 2015 7:55:04 GMT -6
Price and shootout with the Analog Allstars needed.
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Post by tonycamphd on Oct 30, 2015 8:11:44 GMT -6
aren't pultecs "tube" based?
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 30, 2015 8:17:30 GMT -6
Read the ad
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Post by EmRR on Oct 30, 2015 8:37:41 GMT -6
aren't pultecs "tube" based? I've worked places that had both tube and SS types. Interesting we have an API logo in the ad. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 30, 2015 8:40:54 GMT -6
Guess they're shipping with API Opamps.
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Post by mdmitch2 on Oct 30, 2015 9:01:45 GMT -6
Seems odd to have two versions that are so similar, with just a few different frequencies. The 's' version seems much more useful, even if not the original frequency points.......
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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 30, 2015 9:09:37 GMT -6
Seems odd to have two versions that are so similar, with just a few different frequencies. The 's' version seems much more useful, even if not the original frequency points....... I think the A is geared towards the buss and the S is geared towards vocals/instruments. |
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Post by dandeurloo on Oct 30, 2015 9:29:10 GMT -6
All of these companies are borrowing heavy form the work the DIY guys have been doing for years. Analog Allstars eq's come to mind with this release. They are the best of the SS 500 series pultecs that I have heard and the price is great as well.
Yes, Pultec did make solid state versions along with tube versions. The solid state verisons also sound great. Lots of guys I know are using Red Dots in their original SS pultecs because the original 2520 type opamp they came with have died. I think they where made by RCA back in the day.
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Post by mdmitch2 on Oct 30, 2015 9:35:29 GMT -6
Seems odd to have two versions that are so similar, with just a few different frequencies. The 's' version seems much more useful, even if not the original frequency points....... I think the A is geared towards the buss and the S is geared towards vocals/instruments. Gotcha.. I didn't notice the note about the equivalent 2u versions: From the 2u version description: While the EQP-1S3 and EQP-1A3 are very similar, there are some big differences between the two equalizers. In the EQP-1S3, the Pultec team created a two-band equalizer that has more frequencies available (both on the low and high shelf) and extremely distinct curves. If you’re looking to give your sound an unforced airiness, the EQP-1S3 can help you achieve the recording quality that you’ve been dreaming about at night. |
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Post by mdmitch2 on Oct 30, 2015 10:27:47 GMT -6
They're definitely the best looking 500 series pultecs imo.... but I'm guessing they're upwards of $1,000....
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Post by EmRR on Oct 30, 2015 10:37:49 GMT -6
Amazing. Search 500 Pultec and the #1 shopping hit is the limited freq Lindell. Follow the advertising money. I'm not even counting it. A Designs Analog Allstars Bettermaker IGS Inward Connections JLM 2 different Pulsetech Analog Allstars plots, which pretty much match what's found both in original Pultec documents and Manley's current version: groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=48328.msg703839#msg703839Analog Allstars is also a toroidal inductor like originals, not sure how many others are. |
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Post by Randge on Oct 30, 2015 11:12:19 GMT -6
I think I would rather have another IC Impulse. I wish they hadn't discontinued them.
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 30, 2015 11:43:51 GMT -6
Not really sure what the draw to a SS Pultec would be anyway...IMO, the Pultec is a limited EQ with the draw being the sound of the tubes...
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Post by EmRR on Oct 30, 2015 12:02:46 GMT -6
Nah, the transformers are most of the sound. Followed by the inductors and caps, followed by the tubes. It's not a guitar amp.
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Post by mdmitch2 on Oct 30, 2015 12:26:19 GMT -6
Found out these are $1,295.00 each.
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Post by joseph on Oct 30, 2015 13:12:46 GMT -6
The rack versions are almost twice as much and yet these have the same "punch and mojo."
Wonder how they managed that, whether the cost cutting is cosmetics and more important if they were able to derive a similar but smaller transformer design, which besides look is the main reason to buy a pulse over a warm.
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Post by dandeurloo on Oct 30, 2015 15:11:39 GMT -6
I'm gonna just say it once more.....Analog Allstars!
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Post by mdmitch2 on Oct 30, 2015 15:57:34 GMT -6
I'm gonna just say it once more.....Analog Allstars! For the price of one of these pulse EQs, you could DIY 3 analog allstars units.... so yeah, seems like a smart move if you're DIY inclined. They're on my short list. |
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Post by EmRR on Oct 30, 2015 16:03:59 GMT -6
I'm gonna just say it once more.....Analog Allstars! For the price of one of these pulse EQs, you could DIY 3 analog allstars units.... so yeah, seems like a smart move if you're DIY inclined. They're on my short list. You can buy them built.... |
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Post by mdmitch2 on Oct 30, 2015 16:44:10 GMT -6
For the price of one of these pulse EQs, you could DIY 3 analog allstars units.... so yeah, seems like a smart move if you're DIY inclined. They're on my short list. You can buy them built.... Yeah, fully built for $900. Still a relatively good value. But a lot more competition in that price range...... like the RTZ or JLM pultec style EQs. |
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Post by sll on Oct 31, 2015 10:30:21 GMT -6
Not really sure what the draw to a SS Pultec would be anyway...IMO, the Pultec is a limited EQ with the draw being the sound of the tubes... The tubes do add some mojo, but the SS version is surprisingly good. I built a stereo unit many years ago using the original Great River preamp cards for the gain makeup. It sounds really good. I've never made a front panel for it. It's a blank panel with grease pencil markings on it. Ugly as hell, but sounds amazing. One of those projects I'll probably never finish up in terms of the front panel. I just use it like it is. |
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Post by Randge on Oct 31, 2015 12:31:42 GMT -6
You can buy them built.... Yeah, fully built for $900. Still a relatively good value. But a lot more competition in that price range...... like the RTZ or JLM pultec style EQs. The RTZ's aren't a pultec style, but I would stack them up against about anything out there. I am working on a vid about them now. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 31, 2015 15:09:10 GMT -6
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 31, 2015 15:11:13 GMT -6
I know Randge has been preaching this for a while, but it has just escaped me...LOTS of great EQ points on here. |
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