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This is a 100% original and complete Quad Eight Recording Console from the early 1970's. Date codes are from 1972 and 1974. Finding a complete Q8 in this condition is truly rare!!! It is an 8 channel, 8 buss fully modular board complete with a custom tt patchbay built in. There are several blank removable sections that can be removed to add other Q8 or possibly API components. Up to a total of 24 channel strips could be added, with some minimal customizing. It's an L shape board with 2 rack shelves to the right side. This board weighs about 500 lbs. This console is about 7 feet wide and 3.5 feet deep. It comes apart into 2 semi-portable pieces. Although it's too wide for a door frame even apart, and had to remove my door and frame in order to accomodate it. Not a typical consumer mixer!! OK....most of you will know the quality of this piece simply from prior knowledge of true class A gear. All discrete, amazingly well built components and casing. Q8 built some of the best recoding gear ever made. With very unique sound. Many argue between the similarities toward API or Neve. Most say it's a mix of both. But with higher Headroom than either one!! There are a few list's on the internet of who recorded on this gear. Some are Neil Young's Harvest. Neil owned a Quad Eight in the 70's and had one in his own private studio. Ray Charles, for a time period, only used Q8 pre's. Zappa used a plethora of Q8 gates, of which there are 2 in this board.... YES was said to have used Q8, and Pink Floyd used a linked pair to do mixing on Dark Side of the Moon. Along with all the later Motown Recordings, a Q8 at Warner Brothers for a spell. Santana and the Greteful Dead are a couple more users. All the name dropping aside.......you get the picture. The console has been completely recapped by an excellent tech here in Austin who has worked for several years in a few of our best top of the line studios. I have ALL original cap's on hand however. This console runs on 4 individual power supplies. Which have been replaced with 4 brand new High Quality Power One supplies. All components pass signal with the exception of the 8th eq channel, it has not passed clean signal since being re-installed. The mix buss is not 100%. It has issues with static and a few sticky swithes. Which we are presently working on. Faders on the EQ's are smooth. The 310B EQ's are similar to the old pultec style. With stepped frequencies. The case has 5 rack spaces per side, there are 2 sides. In the main photo, in the upper left hand portion of the console face, there is an empty panel slot. Ihave the panel, it's removed only for wiring access. There are about 6 chips out of the laminate of the shell. Nothing really bigger than a quarter though. And the palm rest has one tear. The size of a quarter. Other than that it's truly in remarkable shape. This is not a new Mackie! It does require attention, regular maintenance and patience! That said you will need to have knowlegde of vintage audio gear, or be willing hire a truly qualified technician to properly integrate this into your setup. This is not a plug and play piece. Although tested, and updated there is alot of wiring, soldering, high voltage and research that goes along with the privilege of owning real gear. Anyone considering a piece such as this probably already knows that. And knows it's well worth it! The component list in this console are as follows: 8- MM310-B eq's 2- Graphic EQ 712's (unbelievably unique and warm sounding!!) 1- AM2B Compressor + De-essor 2- NS120 Noise Gates 1-RT6 Oscillator The cards: 9- CA 127 Line amp 4- CA 227 Mic pre 4- CA 27 Dual Opamp 11- RLC-1A Relays Also included is a complete set of copied original schematics for the entire console. I bought them from Ken Hirsch of Quad Eight Electronics Inc. for $300. I also have several more photo's I'll gladly email to you upon request. A couple of great sources for info on these amazing console's are: orphanaudio.com and quadeightelectronics.com Do some research for yourself and compare these to Pultec, Neve, API, Electrodyne etc.... There have been several people selling single or racked up pieces to these on ebay. I have yet to see a complete board of this era. There have been a couple EQ 712's that were going for $2000, an Am2b compressor a while ago, that went for $1100 alone. A few individual line eq's, and a couple racked one's, but no straight up complete boards. I will consider cash offer's aside from the buy it now price. And also reserve the right to sell it locally, as it is Austin and there are many studios who may snap it up from me. I realize shipping is not an option. I am willing to pack up and deliver this board pretty much anywhere in the US. Provided you pay for the diesel costs of our pickup. And this sale is final. I can't release it, transport it and then have someone decide they can't handle the investment. Be sure you are ready to make the step up to REAL VINTAGE ANALOG GEAR.Thanks.
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