{"id":104,"date":"2019-01-31T00:37:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T00:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/blog\/?p=104"},"modified":"2024-01-04T00:42:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T00:42:52","slug":"sweetwater-retro-instruments-pultec-eq-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/sweetwater-retro-instruments-pultec-eq-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"SweetWater Retro Instruments\/Pultec EQ Shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>The Pultec Sound<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-106 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hardware-units-boost-and-cut-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hardware-units-boost-and-cut-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hardware-units-boost-and-cut-768x856.jpg 768w, https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hardware-units-boost-and-cut-919x1024.jpg 919w, https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hardware-units-boost-and-cut.jpg 974w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/>The sweetest thing about a Pultec is how you can alter the frequency spectrum in such a drastic and desirable way. I remember the first time I used one (on a Russ Taff record in the 1980s). I was floored by how I could add all the presence and brilliance I wanted without any sibilance or harshness.<\/h1>\n<p>How was that possible?<\/p>\n<p>And I could grab as much warmth and fullness as I desired without the bottom end getting muddy or thick. Again, how does it do that?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-105\" src=\"http:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Retro-Instruments-2A3am-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Retro-Instruments-2A3am-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Retro-Instruments-2A3am.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/store\/detail\/Retro2A3--retro-instruments-2a3-dual-program-eq\">Retro Instruments 2A3<\/a> distinguishes itself by offering two channels in one unit and also adds a switchable subsonic filter (40Hz or 90Hz).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/insync\/pultec-shootout-with-sound-samples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pultec EQ Shootout at SweetWater Sounds post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pultec Sound The sweetest thing about a Pultec is how you can alter the frequency spectrum in such a drastic and desirable way. I remember the first time I used one (on a Russ Taff record in the 1980s). I was floored by how I could add all the presence and brilliance I wanted &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/sweetwater-retro-instruments-pultec-eq-shootout\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SweetWater Retro Instruments\/Pultec EQ Shootout&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,2],"tags":[8,12,46],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2a3_dual_program_eq","category-gear","tag-retro-instruments","tag-review","tag-sweetwater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroinstruments.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}