Equalizer in a Hi Fi system

Giving @bigwave1 a shout out for favorably mentioning his Charter Oak PEQ-1 on “biggest influence on…” thread recently. Thanks Dave!  Dave has always killer system. BTW,  I brought my 3rd CO unit up to Audible Images in Melbourne FL. Heard it in between Mac tube pre and mono blocks driving Sonus Faber. The 20 k and 40 hz were glorious bands!

The VOX software fully parametric EQ for Qobuz is the best software EQ I’ve heard to date, sonically. I am using it exclusively with my exercise buds, Senne Momentum TW 4. While it can do largely anything without distortion, which is great, it still lacks that 3D soundstage depth and roundness of notes and full layered textures that my CO delivers. So I still feel for my use case of adding tone, analog EQ better. Admit though results are highly variable. I’ve been lucky to have found a couple of good boxes out there. 😊🎶

“I met Mike at NAMM in Anaheim, January 2014. I was looking at his EQ, and he talked me into buying the compressor as well. I wrote him a check on the spot for both, and took them home after the show. So I suppose technically they should be called demo units, but only demonstrated by Mike, and from the looks of them, very little. I used them briefly for an archival restoration, and then put them back in their boxes, and forgot about them until years later when I moved. That's the truth! 

Oh, I have my check stub for the purchase, that I can show you if you are serious about buying them. Also, I did just take them out and test them on my AP, and they are fine in all respects. No scratchy pots or other age-related issues.”

Ian

Above is about a used like new CO for sale on eBay. I inquired of the age and got the above answer. THIS IS A GREAT GREAT FIND!  Someone should jump on it. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/277064890882?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=-c_owSiBTry&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=vlylgtfgsgk&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE