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Great 1176 clone!
My second favorite 500 series compressor is the Lindell Audio 7X-500 FET compressor. It's straight forward to use and has a nice tone to it. I really appreciate the presence of the MIX knob. Really useful when tracking to control the subtleness of the compressor. The ratios are fixed but with the mix knob it's great to "over compress" the signal but then take away a little wetness to preserve the original transients. Build quality is 5/5 and the unit also looks really neat. There is also a bypass button so it's easy to compare the result with the original by doing a quick A/B test. At this price the 7X-500 is really a no-brainer for the friends of the classic 1176 sound. If it was double the price like most 500 series compressors are then I would probably question some of it's features and the lack thereof. But with this price tag it's a winner!
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Good quality compressor for the money
This is a very nice compressor, is very easy to use and sounds very good. Only annoying thing for me is the ratios are 4:1, 12:1 and 100:1 which is a little too drastic for what I use it for and usually just use 4:1, but that is only a very small complaint I have, it rarely ever bothers me. The build quality from the time I have had it is very good, a solid piece, nothing has fallen off yet! (Always a good sign). I don't really have much to compare it with so I can't say it sounds better/worse than anything else but I would certainly recommend it!
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