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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Istanbul, Turkey
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Thread Starter | What is the BEST COMPRESSOR anyway?
I don't get it. THE BEST according to what? According to who? Would anyone like to give it a shot to shed a light on this? B. |
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Dec 2006 Location: HAMBURG
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If you dont mind the analogy: Some will say the best car is a Ferrari, others will say Rolls Royce. It depends what you want do do with it.....showing off, or drive fast, or have a party in the car etc etc etc
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2nd July 2007
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Back to the compressor: I think a Fairchild does a great job, if you dont mind the price tag
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Philadelphia PA
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 According to me.. Wanna argue about it..??  | |
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2nd July 2007
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2nd July 2007
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Great compressor, but if the question is BEST and not BEST FOR THE MONEY..........Ill think I ll stick with the Fairchild........Manley is nice too...
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2nd July 2007
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| Gear nut Joined: Oct 2006
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These are a little known Australian manufacturer but in my opinion Champion are the king of comps! Champion Compressors: Industrial Air Compressors Australia
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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M4a or Mp3 or Jpg |
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia
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The best compressor is the right one for the task.
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2nd July 2007
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| Voiding warranties  Joined: Feb 2004 Location: beautiful Carlsbad, CA
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The one with a little man inside pushing a fader up and down who's smarter and faster than I am. Jim Williams Audio Upgrades |
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2nd July 2007
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If I would have to choose one out of my compressors for the island it would be the gml 8900 since it can handle allmost any task with excellence  |
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Istanbul, Turkey
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Hey Jim, I scored this on Ebay last week but it's a bit noisey. Whatcha recommend for an upgrade?  B. |
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear  Joined: May 2005 Location: Hollyweird
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| Secret weapon compressor...
Wait for it... Alesis 3630. Or a well maintained Fairchild, Pendulum 6386, LA-2A, Purple MC77, LA-3A... -a |
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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not much out there trumps a 3630 in the L.P.D. deptartment
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2nd July 2007
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2nd July 2007
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| Voiding warranties Joined: Feb 2004 Location: beautiful Carlsbad, CA
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I've had some fun times in the woods playing through those, they will run my 120 watt head! If someday you hear the Star Spangled Banner echoing in the woods at 7 am, that's ME! Jim Williams Audio Upgrades | |
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2nd July 2007
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Make sure you get Jim Williams to mod the honda compressor!
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Boston
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lets put this back on track. OBV Fairchild 670, Vari Mu, 6386, LA2A, 33609 then there are the distressor, FET II, 1176 variants, 525's and VCA types all sound familar, and great on the appropriate source. Satisfaction of having the best compressor is short lived, eventualy the other elements need different processing. maybe the best one is the one that controls the sound the best. or destroys the sound the best. or enhances the sounds the best, or does the least damage to the sound while still clamping down on the loud parts. or reacts to ducking the snare in the OH's the best, or ect ect. like what Jim said, sometimes the one that does the level riding and is faster and smarter than we are. and for that, the GML 8900 does just that, though its not the most sexy or vibey comp around, its prolly the "BEST", but it likely wont make a direct IP bass track sound all nice and PHAT. ya know |
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Istanbul, Turkey
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Dammit, I also got this generator. I'm going for the ultimate mobile system. It's a bit shakey at the moment so I'm gonna get Black Lion mod on it to reduce jitter:  B. |
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2nd July 2007
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The best "compression" you'll get is probably chaining compressors with different caracteristics...if you have loots on money the best compression available without getting fubar vintage stuff would probably be TubeTech 3-band -> 1176 -> LA2A. Have all compressors do just little compression each...first compressor with the highest ratio, next compressor with lower ratio and so on.. If you're just gonna get "one" compressor, get the 1176. |
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2nd July 2007
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| Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2004
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The best "compression" you'll get is probably chaining compressors with different caracteristics...if you have loots on money the best compression available without getting fubar vintage stuff would probably be TubeTech 3-band -> 1176 -> LA2A. Have all compressors do just little compression each...first compressor with the highest ratio, next compressor with lower ratio and so on.. If you're just gonna get "one" compressor, get the 1176. |
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2nd July 2007
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I think this one is the coolest.  |
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2nd July 2007
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3rd July 2007
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| Gear addict Joined: Apr 2007
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the best compressor is the Gyraf X. better than fairchild, much better! Gyraf Audio |
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3rd July 2007
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| Gear addict Joined: Apr 2007
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no one beats this one:G-X Gyraf Audio |
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3rd July 2007
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Who has Gyraf IN STOCK in the U.S. Anyone? Quote:
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3rd July 2007
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| Gear Head Joined: May 2004 Location: warrnambool,australia
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| best comp/limiter
AWA BIG 1
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3rd July 2007
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| Gear Guru  Joined: Nov 2005 Location: S.Carolina
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3rd July 2007
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| Gear maniac  Joined: Jun 2002 Location: +-4 GMT
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