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Looking to get a reasonably priced vocal comp. In a past life, I had a dbx 1066. Currently have a 166a and a 266xl. I know neither of those is anything to write home about. Is the 1066 much of an upgrade? What else should I look at around the $200 used range?
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Looking to get a reasonably priced vocal comp. In a past life, I had a dbx 1066. Currently have a 166a and a 266xl. I know neither of those is anything to write home about. Is the 1066 much of an upgrade? What else should I look at around the $200 used range?
dbx 160, any flavor. There should be hundreds on the used market with the Demise of Analogue®.
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The 1066 is a comp/limiter/gate; as far as sound quality, it's probably the same as what is used in the 166/266 series. We use the 1066 models in our rig (for compressing subgroups); have never had an issue and it's always sounded good.
If you are needing something for live sound, stick with the dbx; if you are needing something for recording (home studio, etc.), you should probably be looking at something with much greater quality than the dbx.
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Looking to get a reasonably priced vocal comp. In a past life, I had a dbx 1066. Currently have a 166a and a 266xl. I know neither of those is anything to write home about. Is the 1066 much of an upgrade? What else should I look at around the $200 used range?
How many channels do you need? I've seen Aphex 651's for $200 for a single channel. BSS DPR404's can be had for $300 and they have 4 channels with de-esser's. BSS DPR402's are in the ballpark as well.
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Have you tried an RNC? I love mine! It's basically transparent and great for good singers. I use a 166 for backup singers & instruments.
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I spotted a KT quad comp on CL for $350 out of Portland.
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Need two channels for vocal subgroup. I've read quite a bit about the RNC and there seems to be a love/hate thing out there. Not that there's really hate, but people saying they've tried them and they're not all that the lovers claim they are. I don't know why that is.
My memory of the 1066 is pretty vague as it was several years ago. That's why I was wondering if it's much of an improvement over the 166/266. They list for quite a bit more, but seem to be not much more on the used market.
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I have both the dbx 1066 and the 166, both are and have been fine for several years. But I also have the Ashley CLX 52. It is really nice and can be gotten used for $100 or so or new at Full Compass for $300 or so.
Compressors are great in almost any flavor, just don't crush the crap out of everything.
scott