The EAR 660 Fairchild-type valve limiter-compressor is designed to limit or compress the signal with the barest minimum of interference below threshold, and give the most subjectively satisfying operation on high-level signals. The unit has the standard range of attack and release times, making it easy to use. Considerable effort has been spent optimizing the behavior around the "knee" of the attack/decay envelope and it is this that greatly contributes to the outstanding transparency and transient response that has made the EAR 660 the first choice of so many top audio professionals
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"It'll add a growl to a bass and make it fill out the bottom end of record in a way that I don't hear in other compressors. It also adds great warmth and presence to vocals or acoustic instruments. Transformers are hand wound. I don't know if it sounds like a Fairchild 660 but I didn't buy it with that in mind. It's just a great compressor.
" Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer has mixed such records as the Stones' Steelwheels , New Radicals, Tony Bennett's Grammy Album of the Year Unplugged , and ColdPlay's Grammy Alternative Album of the year Parachutes . Recent projects include Paul McCartney's Live Back in the USA , Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue and Grandaddy.
