Cartec Audio EQP1 - A Mediados 2000 - Muy bueno

The Cartec EQP-1A #0161 is a hand wired valve equaliser, recreating the distinctive sound and features of the classic Pultec EQP-1A.

Assembled by hand in England using selected high quality, low tolerance components.

Cartec uses modern metal oxide resistors instead of the Pultec's original's carbon components, and Sprauge 'orange drop' capacitors instead of the paper‑in‑oil (PIO) types that had to be used when the original Pultec was manufactured a lifetime ago. Moreover, the transformers and inductors installed in the Cartec are all bespoke designs from the Sowter company's workshop, instead of the original American Triad and Peerless models.

Is a British‑made 'clone' of the Pultec, developed principally by Liam Carter. The use of the term 'clone' is always fraught, as many will argue that a clone must be built with identical components in an identical way. By that definition, the Cartec isn't a clone — it uses modern metal oxide resistors instead of the original's carbon components, and Sprauge 'orange drop' capacitors instead of the paper‑in‑oil (PIO) types that had to be used when the original Pultec was manufactured a lifetime ago. Moreover, the transformers and inductors installed in the Cartec are all bespoke designs from the Sowter company's workshop, instead of the original American Triad and Peerless models.

So, bearing all that in mind, it might be less argumentative to call this a 'modern recreation', which uses modern (but accurately designed and carefully chosen) components... But in all other respects, the Cartec EQP1A is, indeed, an extremely faithful 'recreation'. Notably, it adheres absolutely to the original's signal path, power-supply configuration, panel layout, and even the design of the 'Daka‑Ware' control knobs, and — so it is claimed — provides a very, very, very(!) close rendition of the sound character of the original, with slight, but useful, improvements to the technical specifications, thanks to the improved performance of modern components.