Avalon VT-747SP Class A Program EQ with optional tube path
Avalon VT-747SP Class A Program EQ with optional tube path
Class A with an optional valve path
The Avalon VT-747SP is a combined opto-compressor and six-band programme equaliser, and the switchable tube path is the reason it is still in our rack decades after the design first appeared. It is unapologetically coloured, and used correctly that colour is worth money.
How we use it
Rarely as a compressor on the mix bus — its real value for us is the programme EQ. The band centres were chosen by people who master records, so a small lift at the top band is always the right kind of air, and the low band always finds the part of the bass that carries on a small speaker.
The tube switch
Engaging the valve path thickens the midrange and softens transient edges. On modern pop and hip-hop masters that arrive brittle from an in-the-box mix, this is often the difference between "loud" and "expensive".
Hardware info
A Class A, valve-equipped stereo channel of this pedigree remains a significant purchase, and the 747SP has never been discounted into the amateur bracket.
Hear it on your record
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This chain is available on every stereo and stem master we deliver from Manchester.