BUILT TO BE VINTAGE THE… WARM AUDIO EQP-WA TUBE EQ
Warm Audio EQP-WA Tube Eq Review The EQP-WA Tube Amplified Program Equalizer, to give it its full name, is a single-channel 2U rack-mount unit based upon a design that’s now over 60 years old. The original Pultec design that has been a staple in studios worldwide remained in production for almost 30 years and has been copied numerous times – however this new model isn’t a direct clone, although its vintage styling gives it that familiar Pultec look there are som distinct improvements.The old units were 3U high behemoths but Warm has managed to slim it down by one third, while offering some additional frequency settings, both in the low-end and the high-frequency Cut control. The unit’s Cut control was named Atten (attenuation) on original models and, in a further nod to modernity, the ancient CPS (Cycles Per Second) nomenclature has been replaced with Hz and kHz.As a Program Equalizer, the EQP-WA is best when processing wideband material such as sub-groups and complete ...