Heritage Audio / HA73 EQ X2 Elite

A channel strip that adds a 3-band EQ to the HA73 X2. It uses the same inductors as the original, achieving an extremely accurate EQ curve.

■Vintage NEVE Style Stereo Channel Strip
The HA73EQ X2 Elite is a dual channel version of the popular HA73EQ Elite. It brings you twice the magic for less than twice the cost, and will boost your production throughput with the excellence of the Elite series.

The HA73EQX2 Elite is surprisingly affordable and manufactured to the same specifications as the popular 73JR, 73EQJR, and DMA73.

Leveraging the knowledge and expertise gained from its carefully hand-soldered and hand-wired products, Heritage Audio has been able to reduce the high costs associated with manufacturing in Western Europe by combining large-scale efficient production with modern construction methods. The result is an uncompromising, high-quality, affordable model in the ever-expanding entry-level model field.

Of course, the key elements for true vintage sound remain, including the industry-standard Carnhill transformers, hand-wound in St. Ives, England.

Manufactured in the same Spanish facility as the rest of the Heritage Audio line, the HA73EQX2 Elite delivers a classic tone with a rich, musical quality that is said to dramatically improve the sound of almost any source.

The 73 EQ can't have an accurate equalization curve without high-quality capacitors. The key is the correct ""Vinkor"" type pot core inductors. Often in this type of product, these expensive inductors are replaced with common ferrite cores, or even the mid-band dual inductors are replaced with singles. But not with Heritage Audio!

The HA73EQX2 Elite EQ section uses WIMA capacitors with a tolerance of +/-5% and three accurate vintage-type ""Vinkor"" pot core inductors, so the equalization curve will be hard to tell from the Heritage Audio handmade EQ line.

The HA73EQX2 Elite's preamp section features input gain, output trim, -20 dB pad, polarity inversion and +48V phantom power, while the EQ section features high shelving EQ, midrange EQ, low shelving EQ, variable high pass filter and EQ bypass. It's housed in a rugged 1U British steel and aluminium chassis and uses an external power supply for low noise operation.