Anyone can comment on why the 3 band eq is more expensive that the 4 band? I have to be careful how hard I hit them before they break up, where as I can hit the 550As really hard without any farting.Years ago (back when the covered wagons were crossing the prairie...) Sunset Sound had an API outlet upstairs. Anyone can comment on why the 3 band eq is more expensive that the 4 band? Looking at the 3 band 550a vs the 4 band 550b.
« on: January 16, 2006, 08:57:05 pm » In terms of functinality, the 550b would seem to offer more flexibility, yet the 550a costs considerably more. The API 550 also features a dedicated band-pass filter set to 50 Hz and 15 kHz, which can be toggled on or off. I fell in love with them in the Record Plant Remote truck some years ago and never broke off the relationship... and so it goes. Is it simply because the 550a Another difference, I have been told, is that on the 550-A, the Q widens as you boost a frequency.
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Print; Author Topic: API 550a vs 550b? Create a username and password below and an account will be created and your post entered. Too many frequencies to just grab and eq like you can with the 550a plus I never thought the "b" sounded as good just passing audio. Modeled on the late 1960’s legend, the API 550A EQ delivers a sound that has been a hallmark of high end studios for decades.
Is it simply because the 550a is a reissue? Somehow the bottom end seemed a bit mushier on the 550b.You need an account to post a reply. Decades after the release of the original 550A EQ, API redesigned this classic with an additional band, broken into the following selectable frequencies: Low: 30, 40, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400 Hz here is a thread where API chimes in about the reason for the price differences and other interesting things:here is a thread where API chimes in about the reason for the price differences and other interesting things:Looking at the 3 band 550a vs the 4 band 550b. Oddly enough, I have a few 550-As that fit that description, that I suspect should have said 550-A1, but for some reason don't. API 550a vs 550b? « previous next » Pages: [1] Go Down. Anyone can comment on why the 3 band eq is more expensive that the 4 band? Anyone can comment on why the 3 band eq is more expensive that the 4 band? Is it simply because the 550a is a reissue?I never like the 550b personally. per band and the API 550B, a 4-Band parametric equalizer with 7 fixed cutoff points per band.
Anyone remember what version that was?The 550b sounds SLIGHTLY cleaner, somehow, than the 550a... so in some ways that difference means that it's not inreaosnable to have a preference between them, and to many people the a sounds "better".Doc, the 550-A1 has one 2520 and one IC in it. Incorporating API's exclusive circuitry and proprietary components (such as the legendary API 2520 Op Amp), the 550b artfully blends the past with the present. Is it simply because the 550a is a reissue? API 550B EQ. I would appreciate any comments from those who have used both.
I love the 560Bs, but they and the 550A1s tend to lack the headroom of the 550As.
Looking at the 3 band 550a vs the 4 band 550b. (Read 11620 times) Haolemon.
This would suggest that the 550a sounds "better". It provides reciprocal equalization at 15 points in 5 steps of boost divided into three overlapping ranges.
My failing memory tells me that there was a version of 550 that had at least one IC in it.
Looking at the 3 band 550a vs the 4 band 550b.
Not so with the 550-A1.
In terms of functinality, the 550b would seem to offer more flexibility, yet the 550a costs considerably more. My experience with API EQ is limited to the wonderful 560.I dunno man I've got both and my opinion falls with the top feeling better on the 550 and the versatilty of the 550b.I think it's a measure of scale... API makes more 550b's than 550A's so it probably brings the 'cost per unit' down... me, I'm a 560 [graphic] fan when it comes to API EQ's so I never really studied the A vs. b thing all that closely.Are the 550Bs fully disrete like the 550As?
When you buy products through links across our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. This would suggest that the 550a sounds "better". Based on API's original 550 from the late '60s, the API 550b is a continuation of the EQ that played a major role in the history of music recording, but with an additional filter band and several new frequencies.