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AMS Neve 1073LBEQ 500 Series Mono Equalizer – The Genuine 1073 Sound

Put the world's most desirable analog EQ into your lunchbox. Designed and hand-crafted in England by AMS Neve, the 1073LBEQ is an uncompromising 500-series recreation of the legendary 1073 console equalizer.

While there are countless clones on the market, this is the real deal. It retains the exact circuit architecture, matched components, and original Tantalum capacitors found in the classic 80-series consoles. If you are looking for that famous 12kHz "air" on vocals or the signature punchy midrange on snare drums and guitars, this module delivers it with the unmatched musicality that only a genuine Neve can provide.

Key Features:

• Authentic Neve Heritage: Built to the exact, incredibly detailed "pencil-on-paper" specifications drafted by the original engineering team in the 1970s.
• Hand-Wound Inductors: Features the exclusive inductor circuitry that physically "sings" when pushed, producing the famous 1073 character and harmonic richness that software emulations simply can't capture.
• Class-A Discrete Design: The cut and boost amplifiers for all three bands utilize a pure Class A, discrete audio circuit for maximum headroom and warmth.
• Classic 3-Band Architecture:
• • High-Frequency: Smooth +/- 16dB fixed shelf at the legendary 12kHz.
  • Mid-Frequency: Peaking, fixed Q with selectable centers (0.36, 0.7, 1.6, 3.2, 4.8, 7.2 kHz) for optimal presence dialing.
  • Low-Frequency: +/- 16dB shelving with selectable frequencies (35, 60, 110, 220 Hz) for massive but tight bass control.
• 18dB/Octave HPF: The revered high-pass filter from the classic modules, selectable at 50, 80, 160, or 300Hz to clean up low-end rumble.
• Audio Processing Insert Mode: A brilliant internal routing feature that allows you to patch the 1073LBEQ directly into the audio path of an adjacent Neve 1073LB mic preamp in the same rack, creating a seamless, custom Neve channel strip.
• Visual Metering: Integrated LED easily indicates signal presence (green at -25dB) and warns of analog clipping (red at +24dB).

Technical Specs:

• EQ Design: 3-Band with High-Pass Filter
• I/O: Electronically balanced input and output stages for pristine signal integrity when used standalone
• Format: Standard 500 Series (occupies 1 slot)