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Building on the deservedly solid reputation of the 200A, Summit has unveiled the EQP-200B. Terry Nelson tests the new EQ
I MUST CONFESS to having found it immensely satisfying to plug in a piece of equipment, turn it on and to have everything working straight away. Such is the case with the American Summit gear; there are no Page Up or Page Down functions, no File Error messages, and, correspondingly, little operational stress. But I digress.
Summit Audio is already well known for its range of hybrid valve/solid-state processors - which use valve stages for the audio, solid-state circuitry for the rest - an arrangement that appears to give the best of both worlds. One of the latest offerings from the Summit camp is an updated version of the popular EQP-200A, the EQP-200B Dual Program Equaliser. And, although the name and control layout of the new box owe much to the ubiquitous Pultecs of yesteryear, it has to be admitted that someone got the concept right from the start. As the term programme equaliser implies, the original intention was to be able to give a bit of tweaking to the final programme output rather than heavier processing. While the modern Summit version certainly provides more EQ power to the user, it does remain faithful to the original concept.
The EQP-200B is a fully-independent, dual-channel unit with controls...