just to let you all know. im new to this site but not new to this game we like to call the music industry(ive been engineering professionally for about 11years now). one day while checking ebay for some gear (compressors in particular) i happen to see a stereo tube compressor from a company i have NEVER hear of(HCL of Ukraine?) I checked out there web site, granted i was confused (due to the broken english)cuz if you try to read whats on there your brain shuts off
i paid it no mind and just put the item on my watch list to see if any would bid on it or buy it.
Few weeks went buy i was still looking for compressors and almost bought a UA 1176-2 (stereo 1176)from West LA Music but wanted to hold out cuz of its price. The whole time I'm still checking ebay and kept running into the S-2 Solutions from HCL. i check the web site again...brain froze
so instead of trying to read the site i just browsed it, saw the pic's, heard the demos and was intreaged and for the price i thought "**** IT" i like poker and i saw this as catching a flush draw on the flop and pushing allin, i decided to buy it. now heres the gamble, i had to wire them the money and was told that it would take 3 weeks to build and then another week or two to ship
this was 2 weeks and 3 days ago, and durring these past 2 weeks HCL has been in constent contact (via email) and sending me pic's(of the comp. they are building me) and updated reports of new products they are working on
so all i can say for now is, so far so good i like my odds, i think ima catch this flush on the river and win a big pot
i'll let you cats know what i think of these compressor when and IF i get them..i still have 2 and a half weeks till i even hear these
im not really worried about not getting them, im more worried about the sound and longevity of the product though im being reasured that they will arrive intact and will last years before anything might go wrong with them. but with 2 weeks of shipping you never know......