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Originally Posted by William Bowden  Actually a fully working console is probably around US60 grand or more if you can find one, or have Vintage King on the case... That's with 4 of the eq units as well, not just 2 like this auction.
When they were made back in the seventies the price was not much less actually.
Abbey Rd, 301 mastering, err me, and a few others still use them as full (and often modified desks). Oasis (the band that is) own both a tracking console and mastering desk (tape to tape). There's also another mastering place in the UK with one (forget the name but they do really great work). Wade from Chandler has a 2 channel 'baby' version as well.
Mostly people have ripped them up and sold bits individually...
The VAL units (or vertical amplitude limiter) have a rather unique sound and are known imfamously (or famously) as the EMI Spreader. The filters are really useful too as is the eq.
US90K though is really pushing it, guess that's why he's on his third Ebay listing...
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I stand corrected - maybe 60k for a fully working, restored 4 channel console would be ok - I just figured that the 5k per module which they are asking - possibly not working, no frame, no power supply - is way too much...