ein paar inputs aus gearslutz:
"I have not read through this thread, but Matt let me know that the factory modified Buzz REQ-2.2 ME that I also own was mentioned and asked that I share some of my thoughts. Before getting into a few points, I must stress that each of the EQ's I own and those I have used/use are tools. Tools are made to aid the user in fulfilling a job and beyond that some tools can be great fun to use, as well as being tools that can be quite beautiful when you look upon how they were crafted, designed, and assembled by hand (the latter being a rarer trait for most items in the world today).
I have used an original Buzz and I am the owner of a factory modified Buzz, modeled after Matt's unit (whose options I call the Matt Gray modification), though I am sure there are some differences between my Buzz EQ and Matt's. I have never done a 1 to 1 comparison of the original Buzz and the modified Buzz. Giving a detailed and accurate assessment between the two would not be possible as it would be strictly from memory and therefore unscientific. I can say that I prefer the modified Buzz over the stock model and enjoy the pairing of it to my NSEQ-2F. The Modified Buzz was purchased with the intention of pairing it with my BPEQ, though they have not been matched up yet, since the Buzz is in my private studio. I do believe that the two units will compliment each other nicely, as they offer two different options. The BPEQ being extremely transparent, while the Modded Buzz is a clean unit with (for lack of a better word) a touch of vibe, a little less subtle, but not in an aggressive way.
The sonics of any gear can be pretty tough to describe and my idea of colored, transparent, or having vibe, very well could vary from the reader's. To put things in perspective, think of different shades of blue. Each shade is cut paper thin and rests gently on top of one another, moving from the lightest color, to the darkest. The NSEQ-2F (whose character also changes a touch depending upon if it's in balanced or unbalanced mode) lies in between the BPEQ and Modified Buzz in terms of transparency. From memory I would place the Buzz closer to the Sontec family in the context of a Sontec I was able to use for a bit of time and in terms of the comparison files between Matt Gray's Buzz and Matt Gray's Sontec. The Buzz and Sontec are not identical in sonics and saying something is in the same family does not mean that it is that unit, and it does not mean that one EQ is any better or worse than the other. Once again, these are tools and the tools that I own and have worked with I would label as good tools, which are used in different ways on different program material and sometimes are not used at all if the track at hand does not call for it. To clobber the point with a fifty pound sledge hammer, if you want a unit that sounds like a Buzz, buy a Buzz, if you want a unit that sounds like a Sontec, buy that specific model Sontec and have it setup in the same fashion as the one you heard, which is why I asked Tim from Buzz to modify my unit with the same parameters as Matt's (and even then if they are not 100% identical, I would wager that they very well could sound a touch different from each other).
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-Kevin Mattesky"
ben f:
"Thanks for your insights Matt. Sounds like this 'modded' Buzz is achieving mythical status for the non technical people reading this thread.
From what I can tell, and I'm happy to be corrected, Matt Grey just took Jonte Knifs 'quality factors in pro audio equipment' philosophy and asked Tim to apply it it to the Buzz
http://www.knifaudio.com/pdf/Quality...0equipment.pdf
Specifically, Mu Metal shielding, signal connection and connectors, and audio transformers. The lundahls used were just the simple 1:1 output transformers strapped after the output stage- so you could do this mod yourself by putting some in line with the Buzz XLR output.
I tested the Buzz as well and didn't come to the same conclusions. Compared to a Sontec reissue, the Sontec 482 was cleaner and less soft than the Buzz. The 482 uses the newer HS 2000 op amps, where as I'm sure Matt had an older Sontec 430 unit with HS 1000 op amps that generally sound darker and softer. I'm sure Matt's Buzz did sound better than his Sontec however that's not to say it sounds better than ALL Sontecs as I've found no 2 sound exactly the same, and due to poor QC, are built the same. I can strap a pair of Lundahls after the output as well- as my Knif Vari-mu is modded by me to do that- but I'd prefer this to be part of the design (such as the Manley Massive Passive or Knif Soma), rather than putting after a balancing output stage.
Anyway, sometimes I find all this 'modding' talk amusing as if we are building cars and putting turbo charges on them, when in reality they are just simple modifications like changing the tyres for better performance."
diese lundahls könnten interesannt sein als option für den BPEQ
