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Reel deep thoughts...
If not, in a moment you can say you've seen three of them...
Its made by CRL, the predecessor of Orban. It is a mono "EQ" processor for brodcast applications but by my reading it is a multiband dynamics processor. Not sure how it will sound...not sure if they work. Two are matching 'A' models (sequential serial numbers even), the third is an original non 'A' or 'B' version. The manual is available from Orban but their ftp site seems to be down at the moment...All opamps are socketed which will make for easy upgrades...I have a slew (no pun intended) of 5532's from M-300 parts which might make for a nice conservative upgrade to the 072's and 4558's on this thing. I'm considering upgrading opamps simply because I'd like to use these as a mastering compressor and would like it to be as transparent as possible. We'll see. I might mod one and leave the other and try them back-to-back. Again, the sockets make it easy to try different things. They seem well made and the knobs are all solid aluminum. I'll put a link to the manual when I can get to it...wait...there's another way...here's the manual.
Anyway, I thought I'd put up the post because its old-school looking and you all like old wierd stuff anyway...
Its made by CRL, the predecessor of Orban. It is a mono "EQ" processor for brodcast applications but by my reading it is a multiband dynamics processor. Not sure how it will sound...not sure if they work. Two are matching 'A' models (sequential serial numbers even), the third is an original non 'A' or 'B' version. The manual is available from Orban but their ftp site seems to be down at the moment...All opamps are socketed which will make for easy upgrades...I have a slew (no pun intended) of 5532's from M-300 parts which might make for a nice conservative upgrade to the 072's and 4558's on this thing. I'm considering upgrading opamps simply because I'd like to use these as a mastering compressor and would like it to be as transparent as possible. We'll see. I might mod one and leave the other and try them back-to-back. Again, the sockets make it easy to try different things. They seem well made and the knobs are all solid aluminum. I'll put a link to the manual when I can get to it...wait...there's another way...here's the manual.
Anyway, I thought I'd put up the post because its old-school looking and you all like old wierd stuff anyway...