| Ok, this is weird - I've only seen threads where the Elephant 3 is praised.
Anyway, let me be the first to say I think the Elephant 3 is an excellent brickwall. I have no personal experience with the Sonnox but the EL3 is by far the best brickwall I know (which means out of most of the rest of the competition).
I find I can get it much louder than any other plugs, before the unfortunate artifacts get annoying. Not that I use it that loud (I usually go for K-14), but I think it's a very relevant observation. At K-14 levels, I find it very transparent and pleasing, with possibilities of doing great things to transients, preserving a lot of punch.
The Kjærhus MPL-1 that has been suggested earlier in this thread is not my cup of tea, at all....and I even own it. It may perform very well in sine tests with respect to intermodulation distortion and what not, but in practice I find it very quickly starts pumping in an obnoxious way, and is in no way capable of achieving loudness anywhere close to modern (or just 8-10 years ago) commercial standards (and once again, I'm no fan of modern levels!) without very offending artifacts.
My 2 cents. |