PAR Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring 2012 PAR Excellence Awards: The Winners with Rupert Neve Designs and Empirical Labs

New Products - December 20, 2012 2012 PAR Excellence Awards: The Winners » Today's Product Reviews: Select PAR Excellence Award Winners Empirical Labs DocDerr EL-Rx By Russ Long "The Empirical Labs DocDerr EL-Rx offers performance beyond anything I've encountered in a 500-series module. Using the DocDerr feels like having a Lil FrEQ and a Distressor at my fingertips with only slightly less control and a substantially smaller price tag." More » Rupert Neve Designs Portico II Channel Strip by Rob Tavaglione "Considering the fact that all sections of the Portico II are eminently useful, if not best in class, it's hard to not like this unit, even at its premium price point ($3,195 street). 'It's hard not to love it' is a more accurate statement. The EQ in general, the de-esser, the superb compressor and the Silk features will surprise you and demand daily usage. I only have a few quibbles: a master output level would be nice to have, the switches don't feel as good as the pots do and some additional metering wouldn't hurt, either, but these points are incredibly minor in context -- as in the context of world-class channel strips, of which the Portico II Channel is one of the very finest available." More » Today's Blog Mr. Bonzai Unveils Christmas Tree, John Lennon's Tooth by Clive Young "Pro audio industry bon vivant, photographer and author (not to mention occasional blogger for ProSoundNetwork.com) Mr. Bonzai recently released his soon-to-be holiday classic, "O, Let Me Be Your Christmas Tree," and simultaneously issued his new mini-memoir, John Lennon's Tooth, detailing the true story of how he met and hung out with the legendary Beatle." More »

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