Vintage Neve Mastering EQ
| Start Price |
USD 8,500.00 |
| Current Price |
USD 8,500.00 |
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USD 9,000.00 |
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| Start Time |
Sunday, October 05, 2008 |
| End Time |
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 |
| Location |
Austin, TX |
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Description
If you are looking at this, you probably know what it is. This is a vintage Neve mastering eq. It is a stereo unit. The pictures are of one of two units I owned at the time and was taken a little while back. Last year I purchased a couple more from Funky Junk in London as part of a vintage Neve mastering desk. They were in great condition and I had them recapped and refurbished to bring them up to prime condition. I will pull one from storage and take another picture this week but it will look, for all intents and purposes...the same. Because it is the same type of unit. This is item is sold as used but is guaranteed to be in good working order and condition. These units sound great, as you would expect, and being able to recall your exact settings and get that vintage sound coudn't be more convenient. This will probably be the last one I sell. I simply am not using as many as I have. Please look at my feedback and bid with confidence. Also, please read this description from Geoff Tanner (ex-Neve employee) below about these eqs. Comments from Geoff Tanner regarding the 2087: “They were used on Neve Disc Mastering consoles and provided stepped (ie highly calibrated) EQ settings on the two stereo paths through these consoles. The module is, in effect, two 1081 motherboards but minus the mic input transformer. They used stereo switches for all the gain and frequency switches. Early models switch the EQ in/out via the regular Isostat switches but later versions have a relay card (I think a BA251 from memory) to do the task using one of those expensive Teledyne relays that resembled an early 8 pin op amp. The last one of these I employed whilst at Neve was for a custom monitor console for CBS Records at Aylesbury. They pressed vinyl albums there and used the huge "pancakes" to load the 1/8" tape, already pre-recorded in both directions, into the automatic cassette loading machines. (This was years before CD's really took off) The console was to check the quality of the incoming tapes from the studio and to compare them with samples of manufactured product. They used to tweek EQ at times, and used the 2087 for this purpose. I bet that thought scares a few folk but I was told the quality of the masters was such that they would not transfer well... or some such thought!” And in another post: “Oh Lord! This is the module that most studios engineers would die for! (Well, I thought they were good but what a @#$% to make!!!). The module is 12" high and a double module width and is, in effect, two 1081 equalisers with ganged stereo controls. Even the boost /cut controls were gold plated Elma switches and the module had a line input section only. It was used for mastering purposes and not many were made. . . I believe less than 20 because I sold two of them and the others were used in Disk Mastering Consoles.” Features of the 2087/32087: Lo Freq – switchable peaking or shelving response: 33, 56, 100. 180, 330 Hz Lo-Mid Freq – peaking response with hi/lo Q switch: 220. 270, 330, 390, 470, 560, 820,1000, 1200 Hi-Mid Freq – peaking response with hi/lo Q switch: 1.5, 1.8, 2.2, 2.7, 3.3, 3.9, 4.7, 5.6, 6.8, 8.2 kHz Hi Freq- switchable peaking or shelving response: 3.3, 4.7, 6.8, 10, 15 kHz Lo pass filter: 3.9, 6.6, 8.2, 12 kHz Hi pass filter: 270, 150, 82, 47, 27 Hz Gain control- plus or minus 12 db EQ and phase in/out NO MIC PRES! Line input only Basically line-level pair of 1081’s with a single set of controls for both signal paths and all controls on rotary switches. Please bid only if you are truly serious and interested in the item. I will only accept cashier's check or money order or check (given time to clear) given the rare nature of this unit. I will also accept Paypal...but any additional expenses are the responsibility of the buyer. I have already sold one of these and have this last one left for sale. Please don't bid if you don't have excellent feedback ratings and I reserve the right to refuse to accept bids from questionable bidders. The price does not include shipping or insurance which are the responsbility of the bidder. I will also sell, if they are interested, to the winning bidder an 8 space Neve rack from Boutique Audio for an additional $750 (shipping and insurance extra). This rack cost over $2,000 new and is in excellent condition.
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