Reddish 500 EQ

[creature.of.habit]

That green and black combo looks beautiful! Which RAL is the green?

Thanks! I wanted this to look like it came out of Churchill's War Rooms. RAL 6005, glossy, moss green.

 

[JMan]

I'm happy to report that my unit, kindly assembled by Jordan (JMan), is also working and sounding beautifully. Very simple and easy to use for someone like me - a sufferer from an irrational fear of more surgical type eqs - but also quite powerful at the same time, which is exactly what I needed. Everything about it screams "quality" and, somehow, things like this feel much more special than commercially available gear.

I'd really like to thank JMan for his time, energy and generosity, but also Ian (ruffrecords), of course. Really looking forward to more projects like this in the future.

What a treat to see it racked up after only looking at it on my bench!

And yes, it just can't be said enough, Ian is awesome.

 

[ruffrecords]

I think surgical EQ is overrated. It is fine if you want to cut some interfering frequencies bit not much else. The ancients got it right when they used broad boosting EQ. In some ways the Helios 69 EQ is the best of both worlds, broad peaking and sharp cutting.

Cheers

Ian

 

[creature.of.habit]

What a treat to see it racked up after only looking at it on my bench!

And yes, it just can't be said enough, Ian is awesome.

It came a long way, a very well traveled, transatlantic, module.
Thanks for everything, Jordan!

 

[creature.of.habit]

I think surgical EQ is overrated. It is fine if you want to cut some interfering frequencies bit not much else. The ancients got it right when they used broad boosting EQ.

My thoughts exactly. However, I had an Heritage Audio 1073 type eq before this, and even that was too much for me! Vastly prefer a more limited approach and the Redd is indeed perfect.

 

[Beatpeat]

Leave it or paint it? I cant help myself, but somehow i like this puristic style… nice sound by the way!

 

[NOON]

Got one set up and running, used vintage Australian made Harbuch transformers. Sounding great! One thing I noticed though is the front panels are fractionally wider than they should be, perhaps powder coating thickness not accounted for. Had to shuffle the order of cards in my 51x rack to get them next to some units that were fractionally narrower than necessary.

 

[slipperyflax]

Got one set up and running, used vintage Australian made Harbuch transformers. Sounding great! One thing I noticed though is the front panels are fractionally wider than they should be, perhaps powder coating thickness not accounted for. Had to shuffle the order of cards in my 51x rack to get them next to some units that were fractionally narrower than necessary.

I had the same experience.

 

[JMan]

I have a small stash of surplus boards left over from the original run currently available in my Black Market thread. If anyone missed out on this project, now's your chance to get PCBs. Once they're gone, they're gone.