Maag Audio EQ4-500
500-Series Air Band Equalizer
Equalizer$1,195Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Equalizer
- Description
- 500-Series Air Band Equalizer
- Topology
- solid-state, Air Band
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- 500-series module
- Connection
- 500-series (API 500VPR / 500-6B lunchbox compatible)
- Powered
- 500-series rack/chassis-supplied power (voltage not stated on product page)
- Frequency response
- -2 dB points at 10Hz & 75kHz; headroom +25 dBu; THD+N < 0.005%
- Impedance (Ω)
- input 48000 (XLR bal.) / output 50 (XLR bal.)
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: Four fixed-frequency bell peaking bands (10Hz,40Hz,160Hz,650Hz, up to +/-15dB/-4.5dB); 2.5kHz shelving band; Air Band (Off,2.5,5,10,15,20,40kHz, up to +20dB); in/out bypass switch with true hardwire bypass; center detents at 0dB; green signal-present LED (-20dBu), red peak LED (+23dBu)
I/O: XLR balanced input/output via 500-series rack edge connector
Notable use: Single-channel 500-series 6-band EQ based on the EQ4M mastering EQ circuit, updated ergonomics/visual layout
Notes: 500-series single-channel module version of the EQ4/EQ4M circuit — see EQ4M (1U dual-channel rack, same Air Band circuit family) and EQ4-500-BK (identical spec, black faceplate colorway) which are listed as separate SKUs per instructions. Hardware only; excludes Maag's EQ4/EQ4 MS plugin software (out of scope). Price ($1,195) is dealer street price from Vintage King (searched Apr 2026), not listed on maag.audio. year_intro left BLANK — a prior EQ4-500 existed years ago and a Gearspace thread references an 'all-new' EQ4-500 relaunch, but the exact date of the current design could not be confirmed; flagged rather than guessed. country_of_manufacture 'USA' inferred (see EQ4M notes).