[Silvertone]

Much of the history will be put to rest when the Tape-Op article comes out. It took over a year to research and I got the story from the guys who built, owned and sold these great old consoles. Most are still active in the industry today in one form or another.

I did listening tests with engineers, musicians and producers, many had the same thing to say "they sound somewhere in bewtween a Neve and an API" or "it's like the best of both worlds". Hell I said the same thing when I got my first Q8's (Warner Bros. console) from Danny McKinney (Requisite Audio), he'd been recommending I listen to them for years.

Electrodyne & early Quad Eight consoles are pretty much one in the same just rebranded (Q8 was a sales company owned by Bud Bennett) with slight versions on the op-amp over long periods of time. Sphere is the same as Electrodyne with a different name and a couple of improvements. Keep in mind that Electrodyne was out of business before the recording indusrty started buying 'maufactured' consoles. They sold the parts and you built your own consoles.

As for the sound, we've all heard these consoles, every Clint Eastwood Speghetti western, Gone With The Wind, Smokey & The Bandit, etc, etc, etc... Just about every classic movie went through an WE, Electrodyne or Quad Eight. As well as many of the great classic records. People will decide what sounds good for themselves in the long run. As it should be.