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Originally Posted by larry b  x2
If you're "cool" you gotta make sure you knock UA gear because you gotta keep up appearances, and heaven-forbid that you use anything that is sold at big-box stores such as GC.
Eyeroll 
In reality, i've been very pleased with all of the modern UA gear i have used. I own an LA-610 and i've used the reissue 1176 and LA-2A a number of times. I really don't find them to be far off enough from the originals to even get into a debate about which ones are better.
In fact, i love the reissue 1176, and i plan on adding one to my collection of studio gear at some point in the future.
One thing about UA that i am happy to knock is the manuals. They suck. I don't need 5 pages of Bill Putnam history, a lesson on compressor theory, and then 1 page about how to actually operate the LA-610. I'd much prefer 6 pages about operating the LA-610 and zero information about Bill Putman. I mean, sure he was the man and all, but i already know the story.
But the gear itself... thumbsupthumbsup |
I'm not cool. But I haven't been happy with solo 610, LN6176, and the UA1176s at the studio I work at are directly underneath the purple mc77s. I like the purple ones better. I do like the UAD software though. Never used the LA-610 or the UA LA-3A. I attempted to use the UA LA-2As on upright bass once, and I couldn't get it to work properly. I thought it was broken, but I was informed I was using it wrong - which is weird since I've never had a problem with any other compressor.
So, I'm not really into UA hardware. It never seems to do what I want it to do. Perhaps I'm just using it wrong. But there's plenty of other pieces of hardware that do exactly what I want them to do, so I doubt how much time I'll take to learn how to use them correctly.