Pultec MEQ-5
Passive Tube Midrange EQ
Equalizer$3,795Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Equalizer
- Description
- Passive Tube Midrange EQ
- Topology
- passive LC midrange peak/dip EQ, tube makeup gain
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- 19-inch rack
- Powered
- yes
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz-20 kHz, +0/-1 dB (ref 1 kHz)
- Impedance (Ω)
- 600 (in/out, transformer)
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: Low-mid peak boost 200/300/500/700/1000 Hz (0-10 dB); high-mid peak boost 1.5/2/3/4/5 kHz (0-8 dB); dip/attenuation at 200/300/500/700 Hz and 1/1.5/2/3/4/5/7 kHz (0-10 dB)
I/O: transformer-balanced input/output, 600 ohm input/output transformers
Notable use: Jack Douglas (producer for John Lennon, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick) used MEQ-5 extensively on guitar/bass/vocal/keys
Notes: Current maker Pulse Techniques LLC. Three independent simultaneous control sets (2 peak boost + 1 dip). Tube complement: 12AX7, 6AQ5, 6X4. Rack unit height not explicitly stated on page, left blank. Solid-state sibling: MEQ-5-SS; mastering (stepped) sibling: MEQM-5; 500-series derivative: MEQ-500 (separate rows).