Dan Kennedy, GREAT RIVER, and the new Harrison EQ!

[pan60]

wow!
stoked, another awesome year for the world 500 format freaks!
:D:D:D

Dan Kennedy, GREAT RIVER, and the new Harrison EQ!

[bendymusic]

From Gearwire

Great River 32EQ: A 500-Series Version Of Harrison EQ

"Rather than steal each other's designs and announce them separately at AES, Harrison Consoles and Great River Electronics joined forces instead, and spun their unique perspectives into a new hybrid, the 32EQ ($775 MSRP).

So what is it? The 32EQ is a 500-series form-factor design of the EQ and filters featured in Harrison 32-Series consoles. Since it incorporates original Harrison specifications, the 32EQ is sure to please current Harrison customers while it draws in new ones to Great River.

Let's look at the main features:

Low, low-mid, hi-mid, and high EQ bands with gain and frequency controls
Low- and high-band "peaking" switches
EQ in / out switch
Harrison highpass and lowpass filters with sweepable frequency
Filter in / out switch
An internal jumper that provides selection of the "vintage" feedback design, or a non-feedback option
The 32EQ will be available sometime in the near future at a yet to be announced date. Stay tuned for more information that will be posted at the time of the 32EQ release."

[pan60]

hi bendymusic
i combine your thread with this one: )~
pan

[bendymusic]

Nice!!! :p

[pan60]

well i have spent a great deal of time with these and i think we are talking true love: )~
after having received a load of email and some PMs from different sites asking as to my thoughts on the "vintage" feedback design, verses the non-feedback option, i decided i had to spend some time bouncing between.

after spending some time listening, here are some thoughts that will be in the coming review.

i have gone back and forth between feedback in and out, the difference are oh so subtle, in my humble estimations i would not have offered it as a option. just me.

with the feedback out, the Harrison 32EQ sounds a very slight bit rounder, and i would even go so far as to say for the most part, a bit more to my liking, if i had to choose.
with the feedback in, the Harrison 32EQ sounds a hair bit more present, or maybe better described as maybe a bit more forward sounding in the upper register, just a tad of edge?
i did feel this was a very very very bit, nice for some, vocals.
the two settings, are again, oh so very subtile in there differences.
those with really nice monitors will hear the slight differences, as well, i would suspect a great many will not notice much of, if any difference.

if any one wants to try and see the difference, here is a link to Dan site and a link to he diagrams offering the feedback option in and out.

http://www.greatriverelectronics.com/product.cfm?ID=31&type=0#

http://www.greatriverelectronics.com/PDF/32EQ%20feedback%20jumper%20sheet.pdf
:eek:

[bendymusic]

Yeah, but everything sounds better when there is a "vintage switch".. or tubes..