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For sale: German eq modules, these modules are around 25 years old, some NOS. Most come with schematics and can be easilly racked by an experienced electronics engineer. I had some racked by Rob Squire and he did a great job, cost of racking these modules was generally around $400 - $600 in the past depending on the job, you would have to contact him.

These eq's are from vintage broadcast and mastering consoles, they have stepped controls (except Telefunken IPS F2000) and are very high quality units built to German broadcast specifications. They excel on drums, they are very punchy in the low end and have very detailed mids and highs.

All unracked units have not been tested by me so they are sold as is, though they should be in perfect working order.

For less than the price of 1 x 500 series eq you can get a pair of these excellent little eq's.

2 x Neumann W491a eq modules unracked, $800 SOLD



1 pair of Neumann W491b eq modules, racked in wooden rack/box, comes with 24v-1A power supply, has european plug though you can get an aussie one from Jaycar for 5 bucks, plug/lead is interchangable. $1000 On hold pending sale.




2 x ANT W696b eq modules unracked, $800. These are hard to find and are NOS, sound is superb es[pecially on drums. Check the shine on the side of them, never been used and are around 25 years old. On hold pending sale.




1 x stereo Neumann W495stb eq module unracked. $700 On hold pending sale



2 x Telefunken IPS F2000 eq modules unracked. $900. Controls are continuous unstepped. SOLD.




Lawo 995/10 eq modules racked by Rob Squire, $950. SOLD.




Will ship Australia wide at buyers expense, or local pickup is fine also.

Just send me a PM for contact details.

Wow, you did go mad buying up EQ's Heath!!
Shame to see you offloading them after all the excitement of chasing them.

TimS wrote:Wow, you did go mad buying up EQ's Heath!!
Shame to see you offloading them after all the excitement of chasing them.

Sometimes its all about the chase.

True the chase is always good, though honestly I just can't see myself doing this much longer, was good when I played but now I just don't play anymore.

All this gear I'm just asking for about what it owes me. Plus i'll have a bunch of other high end stuff for sale soon too.

Thinking of buying a 4WD and some better fishing gear and doing a few trips away.

If I want to get back into it I can later.

Hi there,

Heath...there is something alluring about that carpet :-)

The gear looks real sexy on that...what else are you thinking of selling ??

Cheers
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Hi Heath,

Just wondering, for mastering applications which would you say would be better between the ANT W696b or Telefunken IPS F2000?

Also, is shipping interstate an option here?


Thanks-

NYMo wrote:Hi there,

Heath...there is something alluring about that carpet :-)

The gear looks real sexy on that...what else are you thinking of selling ??

Cheers
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Hey Nymo, thanks I like the carpet too heh, very comfy.

Well not too sure yet if I wanna sell the Apogee Rosettas, Avalon AD2055, API 2500, Pendulum Es8 or Smart C2 or Blue Kiwi or Telefunken V676b pre's or ANT W695b's , I think there's other stuff too. Still not sure on this yet, but probably will sell it all.

Oh and the carpet is staying. :)

Hybrid88 wrote:Hi Heath,

Just wondering, for mastering applications which would you say would be better between the ANT W696b or Telefunken IPS F2000?

Also, is shipping interstate an option here?


Thanks-

Hi Richard, in all honesty, these are mastering quality eq's though for modern mastering purposes are probably going to really only work some of the time. i mean they have a great sound but they have stepped gain increments of 2 or 3db like API 500 series eq's, which might be a bit much for the fine detail you'll need in a mastering eq. The IPS F2000 are continuous and probably not that accurate for mastering.

For mixing drums though they rock, sound great on other stuff too. As to your original question I'd say neither, save up for something with stepped 1/2 or 1 db increments, which is guaranteed to be expensive. :) It would serve you better.

If you still want something though interstate shipping is no problem, though another Turtlerocker has dibs on the ANT.

My Dumb question as you can see it in the picture has been answered.

Hey Dale, yeah they are marked as 22db, hav'nt had them racked so I don';t know personally, though they are meant to be great eq's, I was going to use them for vox and stuff, so whoever buys them can let us all know. :)

I believe the Neumann W495STB is a mastering eq.
I had a pair once (4 x channels).
Very good, albeit a bit clean, but then clean is probably good.
Anyway, really great value eq's that are pretty powerful.

ChrisW wrote:I believe the Neumann W495STB is a mastering eq.
I had a pair once (4 x channels).
Very good, albeit a bit clean, but then clean is probably good.
Anyway, really great value eq's that are pretty powerful.

Yeah definitely a mastering eq, from a neumann lathe I think. I read somewhere these are exactly the same ones used on Pink Floyds Dark side of the moon. They come up now and again on ebay at roughly the same price.

Hav'nt used the W495stb but have used some of the other modules I have and they are all very similar, Neumanns being the cleanest though, the ANT's do have a sound, similar to SSL but smoother and sweeter to me but really punchy in the low end very nice 40hz, I'm keeping 1 NOS pair I already have racked for the time being.

They are some of the best value eq's I know of. I like them heaps better than API's.

Hi Heath,

Send me a PM if the ANT W696b's don't sell, could be interested.

Cheers.

Hybrid88 wrote:Hi Heath,

Send me a PM if the ANT W696b's don't sell, could be interested.

Cheers.

No problem, should know within a day or 2.

OK Now that this is all nearly sold - lets start the fishing sub forum!

The Tasmanian wrote:OK Now that this is all nearly sold - lets start the fishing sub forum!

Yeah I reckon, let's hit Rick up about it. I bet he's been doing some fishing, I wonder if he's caught a decent Jewie on the boat yet. Got my first a few weeks back, only a schoolie but geez it tasted great.

Have you caught anything decent lately Chris? I want to catch some mud crabs, I've seen some beauties around North Harbour (never knew they were there until recently), did'nt have a net and was too chicken to pick em up with my good hand, just in case, if I bugger my good hand I'm screwed. :)

Did someone say fishing?

I get to see and do some cool things in my 9-5, and as a bonus it is somewhat audio related too. My last "job" was aboard an 11m Voyager Super Cat off the Capricorn Coast, QLD. We were out hunting GT's, and whatever else we could find too. First day of fishing was great, pulled up a couple Estuary Cods, some big red things (pictured), and a dozen reef fish for dinner, as well as some fish that was good for Sashimi. There was nothing quite like bringing in a fish, slicing it up, adding a little wasabi and soy sauce and eating it there and then. The crumbed and lightly pan fried reef fish were absolutely amazing too.

When I did find time to fish myself, I only managed to snare a catfish. Put up a hell of a fight though. Oh, we caught a Bronze Whaler too, damn that thing was strong. Obviously cut the line for that one.







Sorry to hijack the thread, as you were...

Nice gig to land Jason.......as well as the fish!

I have been too busy to go out much. The total is four snapper averaging 3 to 4 kilo, a few, small by NSW standards, flathead and one gummy shark around 8 kilo so not exactly prolific for me.

Holy shit Jason awesome, ummmm when are we going fishing? :)

Will be posting the first lot out on Monday for everyone who has paid by Monday morning.