Vintech 609CA Owners Please Chime In...

Rev. Robb · 20th August 2011

Please describe your favorite use with this box and why?

Its tonal flavor / sonic impact?

Thanks!

Rev. Robb · 20th August 2011

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Rev. Robb · 24th August 2011

Any owners of this this out there?

NoEgo · 25th August 2011

Well to answer your question. It has a warm syrup tone not what I would call punchy. Just nice Neve style smoothness.

Doc Mixwell · 25th August 2011

hmmm, looks like a cool box....Sadly never have tried one, but I've used plenty of 33609 knock off's before......I really dig the Vintage Designs CL1MK2 and find it to be a great sounding unit.

It has a really dense/harmonically enhancing sound quality with a lot of low mid "drive". Its very rich and smooth sounding, and the action is "glassy" soft w/ sheen and very clean at many DB. Its a great all around box, and excellent for the 2-bus.

NathanEldred · 25th August 2011

It's a lot more colored than a 33609. The functions are based on the 33609 but not the tone IME. It's very rich and smoothing, NoEgo's description was spot on (although it can be used fine on drums but it will make them more mellow and fat as opposed to something like an 1176 or Distressor which will make them in your face).

always_ending · 25th August 2011

I own one, and absolutely love it, for the same reasons as above posters.... it's not a punchy comp like API, SSL, etc.

definitely has some nice smooth, fat characteristics. it'll thicken up a "tiny" little tone REAL good.

I love using mine on the whole 2 bus, which I run with a Dangerous 2 bus LT, it kicks ass there.

I've put it on weak, high freq garbaged cymbals (ugh, I hate tinny sharp cymbals) and just taken the top off of the attack, brought up some makeup gain and voila, sounds MUCH nicer (think 90's rock cymbals ala Third Eye Blind).

Love it on vox as well with certain singers, as you can imagine women (due to the "fatness" of it) sound terrific with it.

Definitely favor for kick/snare sounds UBK fatso or Distressors to give them the attack that we're accustomed too these days.

Works well on gtrs, esp if you have a good eq to run after the comp (manley's pultec for instance) to bring out the mids and air.... as long as you're not squashing the shit out of it. On gtrs when I use it, I usually just get a few dbs of comp and push the makeup gain (if I want to bring in 2nd/3rd harmonic distortions)

It's a nice comp and I certainly love it with the vintech pre's. They make fantastic sounding gear that's extremely well built (I've had mine on a mobile rig for 4 yrs now, still running perfect).

erikdrink · 26th September 2011

Interesting. Have been trying to find some info about this unit on GS but it seems like it's never spoken for....Hmmm I wonder why!

NathanEldred · 26th September 2011

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Originally Posted by erikdrink

Interesting. Have been trying to find some info about this unit on GS but it seems like it's never spoken for....Hmmm I wonder why!

Fashion and quality don't always intersect here

Ward Pike · 26th September 2011

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Originally Posted by NathanEldred

Fashion and quality don't always intersect here

Quoted for Truth!

20th August 2011	#1
Rev. Robb Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 812 Thread Starter	Vintech 609CA Owners Please Chime In... Please describe your favorite use with this box and why? Its tonal flavor / sonic impact? Thanks! __________________ Respectfully, Robb mixing

25th August 2011	#5
Doc Mixwell 70% coffee & 30% beer Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Quincy, MA Posts: 7,728	hmmm, looks like a cool box....Sadly never have tried one, but I've used plenty of 33609 knock off's before......I really dig the Vintage Designs CL1MK2 and find it to be a great sounding unit. It has a really dense/harmonically enhancing sound quality with a lot of low mid "drive". Its very rich and smooth sounding, and the action is "glassy" soft w/ sheen and very clean at many DB. Its a great all around box, and excellent for the 2-bus. __________________ Adam Brass adam@dspdoctor.com DSPdoctor "Pro Audio Gear And Advice for the Modern Recording Studio" ________________ "Any opinions above are worth exactly what you paid for them." Anonymous "If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas Edison RTFM

25th August 2011	#6
NathanEldred Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida Posts: 7,242	It's a lot more colored than a 33609. The functions are based on the 33609 but not the tone IME. It's very rich and smoothing, NoEgo's description was spot on (although it can be used fine on drums but it will make them more mellow and fat as opposed to something like an 1176 or Distressor which will make them in your face). __________________ Nathan Eldred Visit Atlas Pro Audio

25th August 2011	#7
always_ending Gear addict Joined: May 2008 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 311	I own one, and absolutely love it, for the same reasons as above posters.... it's not a punchy comp like API, SSL, etc. definitely has some nice smooth, fat characteristics. it'll thicken up a "tiny" little tone REAL good. I love using mine on the whole 2 bus, which I run with a Dangerous 2 bus LT, it kicks ass there. I've put it on weak, high freq garbaged cymbals (ugh, I hate tinny sharp cymbals) and just taken the top off of the attack, brought up some makeup gain and voila, sounds MUCH nicer (think 90's rock cymbals ala Third Eye Blind). Love it on vox as well with certain singers, as you can imagine women (due to the "fatness" of it) sound terrific with it. Definitely favor for kick/snare sounds UBK fatso or Distressors to give them the attack that we're accustomed too these days. Works well on gtrs, esp if you have a good eq to run after the comp (manley's pultec for instance) to bring out the mids and air.... as long as you're not squashing the shit out of it. On gtrs when I use it, I usually just get a few dbs of comp and push the makeup gain (if I want to bring in 2nd/3rd harmonic distortions) It's a nice comp and I certainly love it with the vintech pre's. They make fantastic sounding gear that's extremely well built (I've had mine on a mobile rig for 4 yrs now, still running perfect). __________________ "Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted." -John Lennon "I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives." -Tolstoy

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24th August 2011	#3
Rev. Robb Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 812 Thread Starter	Any owners of this this out there?

25th August 2011	#4
NoEgo Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Calgary Posts: 800 2 Reviews written	Well to answer your question. It has a warm syrup tone not what I would call punchy. Just nice Neve style smoothness.

26th September 2011	#8
erikdrink Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2010 Location: Bjerkedalen Posts: 1,842 6 Reviews written	Interesting. Have been trying to find some info about this unit on GS but it seems like it's never spoken for....Hmmm I wonder why!