Klark Teknik EQP-KT Reviews

awesome unit for the money

Just nothing to say here, massive unit !

Need another one

I've used 4000$ tube techs , this thing is built to the same spec.. 222 euros is ridiculous bargain

Got 2 of them

I bought two of those units. Use them everywhere. Stero bus, vocals, kick, bass. Better than plugins any day of the week. Would buy them again

Extremely Good Value Pultec-style EQ

Okay, i probably should use this for longer than a couple of days before writing a review, but I am just so very impressed with this EQP-KT from Klark Teknik! Just running signal through the unit before switching the EQ 'on' adds character to the sound. I've only ever before played with EQ on plug-ins after the fact but now...i have seen the light!

Obviously, having large dials to turn is always going to be more fun than point-click-drag on plug-ins 'in the box'...but it's about more than the tactile stuff...the difference I have been able to make to guitar tones and my vocals going into my interface has been so impressive.

Having spent good money on v.good plugins over the years, often seeing noticeable but marginal gains relative to the price on my songs/workflow....but i can tell already that this may be the best investment i have made so far. I'm not gonna go full analog, as i haven't got the money/space/cables(!) but i can see that a few choice bits of quality outboard gear, especially on the way in, can make recordings sound better and the process a bit more hands-on and fun.

Great affordable Pultec unit

This is a great affordable EQ unit. I love using this EQ on my kick, vocal and guitar tracks. I compared it in my DAW with the Logic "Pultec" Plugin, the UAD Pultec Legacy plugin and this hardware unit and was surprised with the results. The EQP-KT gave great results very similarly to the plugins. Have been loving this in my rack and would definitely recommend.

The switches are nice and clicky and even the boost and cut knobs have a soft click at each stage. Very impressed.

No brainer for tracking vocals

Every recording studio can afford this device, and it improves nearly every mic you use, if you want a warmer, but also present sound that fits in the mix. I use it with several expensive mics like Neumann U87, AKG 414 B-ULS and Gefell CMV 563, but also with Shure Beta 58 and i must say even the Beta 58 is now usable for professional sounding Rock recordings. By the way, i also use the Klark Teknik LA-2 clone to track vocals, guitars and bass, and i am very much satisfied with this combination.

Better than all Pultec emulations.

This piece of gear is a no brainer for this money. I was shocked by the sound when got it and pluged it in to my card. This thing sounds so much better than any emulations of pultec. Didn't swap the tubes yet, but it sounds great even with stock tubes.

I bought two eq's and the only one negative thing for me is not exact same output level on different units. My units has serial numbers one after another but the difference is 0,8-0,9 db, it's probably pretty easy to compensate but checking levels everytime is little bit annoying.

Excellent for the price

Pultec Eq for the price of a plugin - what's not to like. Shame my first one came with a blown tube, but these things happen!

Value for money is insane!

Absolutely love the sound of this one - definitely gives me a bit of the same character as a pultec - extremely pleasant sounding! For this price, it's an absolute steal!

Nice sounding color!

This Pultec clone sounds rather nice. I was fortunate enough to get 2 models that seem fairly matched. Deep cuts sound natural, deep boosts not as much. Connectivity and build quality looks good, but the unit has only been in my studio for a couple of months. I'm curious to see how it holds up after a couple of years. Changing the tubes to higher quality ones is an easy upgrade that's worth it. The detented knobs still flow too smoothly for my liking, it would be better if they had a harder 'tick' , but I. don't think that's realistic for the price. They seem to recall quite nicely.

Good value

Unbeatable price to performance ratio. It doesn't have four or five-figure sound, but it has its place in some projects. The only thing that annoyed me a little bit is that the steps/notches in knobs are not the same between units so I don't have 100% confidence in visually matching parameters. Other than that, it's all good

love it

i would say for the money you can't go wrong but that sort of statement reduces the quality of the unit

it is fantastic, i have had pultec copy before and this is easily on par, PLEASE forget software clones in comparison, i have many as do lots of us and they are not the same

looks absolutely super in real life too, this model sits on the output of my odyssey as its main job daily, it gets action from the 606, ms20 and 303 too and let me tell you it does wonders for drums either on the mix or tapping individual hits especially snares

i will get a 2nd soon i believe and transfer them to my main outs , i may get a 3rd to keep as a dedicated unit for the arp and i may stick at two who knows

bargain piece of quality kit

Superb, and good value!

I have 2 of these units in studio use, I've used plugin recreations of Pultec EQs for a long time, and also several other hardware versions. These are as good as any, and better than many. When one considers the price, it's a no brainer!

Build quality is very good. The knobs, switches and pots all feel reasurringly smooth and solid. They are very quiet in operation, negligible hiss or hum, and don't get too hot. The 2 units I have are very evenly matched and there is no problem using them as a stereo pair. Not only do they sound nice, but working with hardware units in the physical realm rather than with software is very pleasurable.

The Klark Teknik EQP-KTs are one of many "character" EQ units based on old classic Pultec units. As such they are perhaps more useful for broad tone shaping than precision surgical tasks. In use the sound of the EQP-KT is smooth and musical, it's easy to perform the classic low end "Pultec trick". the HF bands are clear and not in any way harsh. The KTs are perhaps not as "characterful" as some other Pultec clones and plugins, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, and one can always drive them a bit harder if you want to acheive that sound.

These might not be boutique recreations of a piece of classic gear, but they are well made, sound good, and can easily do all the jobs one expects of a Pultec style EQ.

I'm considering buying some more!

Big sound - small money

What can I say? This is a no brainer. You can't get a better EQ for this money.

you can't go wrong for this price

Pros:

- great way to add shape, color and depth to tracks, very transparent sound.

- the low end is another world compared to any plugin.

- running anything through it even on bypass gets a subtle lovely touch.

Cons:

- not quite impressed with the high frequencies, the SSL plugin sounds better imo.

- not impressed with the build quality, on the second day of use some cracks appeared when changing LF paramentes, luckily it doesnt appear on the recordings, but still, its annoying.

I am using it frequently and for the price you cant get anything better, sounds waaaaay better than plugins on the low end and very close to ssl plugins on the highs, but still, plugins cant give that subtle analog flavour to your sounds.

There wasn't even one product from the behringer family before the midas. Those who sold the old T1951 know that I was one of the sellers years ago ... Midas has solved this noise fundamentally. The circuit is passive but the 12au7 lamp in the air path is 12ax7 separate lamp in the air area on this device. Hot - very quiet - I heard a sterile sound. I did measurements with bypass. Even in the active mode 1 db in active mode no noise even though the device has a double lamp. No better ones? but they go from 5 thousand to 45 thousand. Plugin gives boost / cut up to max 100 hz in and lamp doesn't give mamba sound, passive pultec sound doesn't give me any plug ... HF cut frequency selector switch from 3 khz to 20 khz stepped knob all pots -milim does not escape from left to right. The lamps can be further modified with the upper segment lamps (the gratification of the grief). Behringer Midas is a product that announces the difference between. Get- Up to a minimum of TL Audio, the middle level is as good as a Drawmer and successful. Midas after these 2 devices, I think I can start to trust in the category of cheap segment products ... that confidence.

Very good for the price

Very solid EQ, the only problem is the tube were broken when it came to me, but most probably this is transportation issue. Low end very pultec-ish, high end seemed to me not that noble like in other pultec style EQ, but it still sounds good to me. Low noiseflor (at least in my env). Perfect for drums.