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28th January 2012
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Oct 2006 Location: london
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Don't get confused fellers, this thing is a VCA compressor, i.e. SSL-ish family area. The previous reference of Neve stuff was in regard to the CL1mkII. Two entirely different boxes.
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28th January 2012
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| Gear addict  Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Montreal, Qc
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Yeah. Karloff is right. It is a VCA buss compressor , we're only talking about sonic similarities due to the Carnhill transformers and Class A path. Has nothing to do with Neve's gain reduction and diode bridge designs.
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29th January 2012
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles
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Ah,that's good to know. I "was" getting confused. An SSL vca path with a Neve-like warmth? Is that what we're looking at then? If so, that could be interesting. Especially if, bypassing the transformers brings you back to a transparent version of the traditional SSL vibe...
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29th January 2012
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2009
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Yes this would be a very versatile unit!
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1st February 2012
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| Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles
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Anybody heard one yet? A demo or something?
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14th February 2012
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| Gear nut  Joined: Feb 2006
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BC2-ME finaly starts to ship this week. Here's some internal pictures of the ELMA switch used for the blend control and the class-A output stage with the two Carnhill transformers.   |
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14th February 2012
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| Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2006 Location: london
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^^^ OOoohhh, bangtidy, that!!   |
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14th February 2012
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| 70% coffee & 30% beer  Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Quincy, MA
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14th February 2012
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2009
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Already saving my pennies!!
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14th February 2012
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| Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles
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That ELMA is amazing-looking. Like some 19th Century carousel gone haywire. Really cool.
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15th February 2012
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| Gear interested Joined: Nov 2008
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Will this be a free update for BC1 owners?  |
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16th February 2012
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| Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2011
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Vad kul Thomas! Grattis! När finns den att "dema" i Deluxe music i Stockholm? |
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16th February 2012
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| Gear nut Joined: Feb 2006
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BC2-ME will be available tomorrow at DLX Stockholm!
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16th February 2012
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| Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2011
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Awesomeness! Now I need to get my BC1 sold ;-) thanks for the heads up! |
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16th February 2012
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23rd February 2012
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Best Coast
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looks awesome!
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2nd March 2012
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| Gear nut Joined: Feb 2006
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Our second product in the "ME" line will be shown at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt. Halle 5.1 Booth C50.
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14th March 2012
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| Gear interested Joined: Jan 2011
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Ohh, sounds good! Looking forward to the new unit. Any hints about what it is? 
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2nd April 2012
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| Jai guru deva om  Joined: Feb 2003 Location: South Carolina
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The TK Audio BC2-ME is now at ZenPro Audio, initial impressions are very good (I like the optional BEEF of the switchable Carnhill transformer output section!) and it has a very fine control with the stepped design so you have small increments to work with. I hope to have audio and video posted in the Clipalator by tomorrow. War 
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23rd April 2012
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| Gear maniac  Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Berlin
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It was a pleasure to test the BC2-ME over the weekend. Almost impossible to make it sound bad, looks gorgeous and suited my weekends mastering session so well that I decided to keep it. I'll test it with different material the next days and post my impressions.
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4 Weeks Ago
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| Jai guru deva om Joined: Feb 2003 Location: South Carolina
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Well it took me long enough to clear out a day to spend with the BC2-ME but I finally have audio in the Clipalator on our stereo mix (which is the same mix I always use on stereo compressors, has a wide dynamic range that needs to be reigned in and purposeful stray elements that benefit from "glue"). Units are on the shelf and shipping, too. The Class A output section is definitely a nice touch, growing the size of things and enhancing bass response, as well as a bit more refined / richer sort of tone. The THD circuit is very good as well, bringing a gentle excitement to things without really sounding distorted (more pleasing, with a "fizz" that you definitely miss when you mute it). The compressor section's additional low ratio settings are very nice for more gentle work (has a 1.25:1 for example). Great job, TK. War  |
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