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Summit Audio EQF-100 Full Range
Equalizer
Introduction
It’s always difficult to describe how an
equalizer sounds, but everyone we’ve asked has
described the EQF-100 in the almost the same way,
with rich , creamy , and smooth being the most com-
mon adjectives. And there is definitely some sort of
magic in this equalizer.
With a wide bandwidth setting you’ll experience an
open sound that will breathe life into your tracks,
while a narrower bandwidth gives you a no compro-
mise solution for precision tone shaping.
The four full bands of equalization plus the low and
high cut gives you plenty of flexibility for any track
or style.
Add a tube stage amplification to perfect the rich
tone that comes from the passive EQ design and
you’ll get a warm and fat distortion when the out-
put VU meter hits the red.
Added Functionality
To make an already sexy equalizer even sexier, we
decided to add two beautiful VU meters to the unit.
We also added the Output Volume, so that you
easily can level match the equalizer.
A Note on Distortion
As usual we have included all the distortion that the
original unit has, with most of the distortion occur-
ing at the output of the EQ. We’ve calibrated the
distortion so that it will start to saturate when the
output VU meter goes up above 0 into the red area.
If you do a lot of boosting with the EQ bands and
get too much distortion, you can always lower the
output volume in order to lower the distortion. The
distortion will kick in at around -3 to 0 dBFS.
The sound of the distortion in this unit is very thick
and woody , as opposed to thin and metallic, which
in technical terms means that it contains a strong
2nd order harmonic. For example, the distortion in
the TLA-100 compressor has a different character,
with more edge than the EQF-100.