Summit Introduces Element 78 EQ-200S 4-Band EQ Slave Unit

Sep 28, 1999

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Summit Audio introduced the EQ-200S 4-Band Equalizer SlaveUnit at the 107th AES Convention. The digitally controlled EQ-200S offers a Class A analog path designed with Mr. Rupert Neve and has reduced front panel controls for cost savings over the EQ-200.

As with the full-featured EQ-200, the EQ-200S features Class A analog circuits, setting a new benchmark for control, precision and sound quality for EQ units. As part of the Element 78 line, the EQ-200S is fully controllable by an EQ-200 or by the MPE-200 mic pre/EQ. The 25 on-board user presets fully reset and recall all parameters of the unit with all information accessible by MIDI sequencers or data filing systems. The full MIDI implementation allows for unlimited storage of project settings and the automation of all parameters for quick and accurate mixing situations.

Controllable parameters of the EQ-200S include switchable shelving or peaking filters for the low and high frequencies, sweepable low midrange and high midrange frequencies, and high and low-pass filters offering a rolloff rate of 12dB/octave. The filters can be stacked offering a steep 24dB/octave rolloff. The output noise spec of better than -95dBu and THD below 0.001 percent makes the EQ-200S an extraordinarily clean and quiet performer, perfect for mastering, mixing and tracking.

"The EQ-200S fully responds to the user friendly interface of the EQ-200 and the MPE-200 with push button LCDs, graphic metering and metal shaft digital encoders, all combined with Class A discrete circuits bearing the sonic stamp of Mr. Rupert Neve," explains Papp. "We want the Element 78 line to take the advantages of both digital precision and an uncompromising analog signal path and merge them into a whole new world of audio products for the discerning professional. The EQ-200, EQ-200S, MPE-200 and the MPE-200S accomplish this goal perfectly."