Still the demons of GAS pursue me


Who among you has felt regret when a long-wanted item from yesteryear pops up?

About forty-five years ago, a certain popular HiFi manufacturer’s new parametric equalizer was, to me, the bee’s knees. I dreamed that I might have it one day and use it to get deep bass and tingling highs out of any speaker. A few years later, a friend who had been in the service picked one up, and it still seemed to be all that. Any frequency band could be emphasized to the point of loud or suppressed into silence.

This week, one appeared on that bay place, in “very good condition”, for next to nothing. I thought to hit Buy It Now as fast as possible; before it gets away. But then reality set in. It’s clear enough that where my system is today, adding that processor would radically degrade and certainly not enhance the sound of my system.  

So now I find myself browsing that listing daily or worse. I’d appreciate reading similar accounts that others may have.

eurorack

Showing 2 responses by mofimadness

I sold a plethora of EQs back in the day. Never understood why anyone would buy them. Band-Aids for sure. I never heard one actually make a system sound better, just different with added noise. I take that back, the Cello Palette was pretty cool, but expensive!

The ADC Sound Shaper was popular along with all the DBX crap of the day.

GAS...never heard of the meaning mentioned?

GAS to me is:  Great American Sound.  Jim Borgiorno was a dear friend.  What a character.  R.I.P. buddy...