Tonelux and SSL X-rack.

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I've been looking at both of these as a way to get out of the box, sum, have some good comps and eqs, and incorporate outboard gear.

Anybody have either? Tonelux pretty much has unending praise and it sounds great, it's just really expensive. I watched some demos on the comps though and they look amazing. The EQs are also supposed to be really great.

I'm hopefully getting the demo rig in within the next month from vintage king. I'm going to run a mix through it and see how it sounds.

Hopefully it will sound like shit or I won't hear a different between it and my ITB mixes... hahahahahahahahahaha. Stupid money.

[Slipperman]

I'm gonna copy my GS post on the subject here:

The shop has used the EQ's, pre's and compressor's a bunch in the last coupla months.

All very well designed and built.

Outstanding kit.

EQ sounds like "money" front to back and is pretty damn flexible, ESPECIALLY for such a super small footprint. Same deal with the compressor. Very small footprint, lots of controls. Everything works as expected/claimed. Neither of these boxes is a "one trick pony". Both can cover a myriad of sources. I have used them on just about everything you could imagine in a rock music context with great satisfaction.

It's just one of those situations where you say to yourself... "Man... NOTHING about this gear is substandard in the slightest way... NOTHING". I don't know about you guys but, personally, I don't have that happen much trying out new kit anymore.

And lastly... the PRE.

Well...

The pre-amp is just amazing in my estimation.

Like, "insanely out of this world" amazing.

OK. I'm starting to sound like a salesman here.

I'm putting the shoe back in my yapper.

SUMMARY: BETTER PART OF A DOZEN AE's HERE THINK TONELUX = STELLAR GEAR.

Best regards,

SM.