Compressor review site

[Kiwi]

http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/toppicks.shtml

Looks pretty comprehensive and has some handy technical comments too.

[JapanAxe]

Very useful Kiwi. The full list is [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/"]here[/url].

[molan]

I use this site regularly - whenever a potential customer asks me if the Diamond Comp is any good I always direct them here to get an independent view

[Mornats]

Ah, I love this site. I bought my Behringer DC9 off the back of their review (http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/behrDC9.shtml) - it was only £17 so why not? If that works out then the next on my list is a MarkBass Compressore, based on their review again: http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/markbass.shtml.

[elephantgrey]

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1397993338' post='2429253']
the next on my list is a MarkBass Compressore, based on their review again: [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/markbass.shtml."]http://www.ovnilab.c...markbass.shtml.[/url]
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The sites recomendation (i believe alongside 51m0n 's recommendation) led me to buy a MB Compressore. Never looked back.

[Kiwi]

I looked at their review of the Trace dual comp with a little bemusement - it has been the best sounding compressor to my ears and yet it got a luke warm response on the review site. Prior to that I've tended to stay faithful to the natural fenderish compression that comes out of valves - ie more compression on the highs, less on the mids and lows. Maybe I'm looking for something different to the reviewer on that site but I'm curious about the Markbass unit now.

[Reversebird]

When I was looking for Compressor I used Ovnilabs quite a lot and when you consider 90% of the Compressors out there are just rehashes of old seventies items
I was surprised to find there are only a couple of Compressors for bass that seem to worth buying.

MXR £160
Markbass £180
Wirlwind £220

I suppose you get what you pay for.

Edited May 2, 2014 by Reversebird

[Reversebird]

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1398238768' post='2431854']
I looked at their review of the Trace dual comp with a little bemusement - it has been the best sounding compressor to my ears and yet it got a luke warm response on the review site. Prior to that I've tended to stay faithful to the natural fenderish compression that comes out of valves - ie more compression on the highs, less on the mids and lows. Maybe I'm looking for something different to the reviewer on that site but I'm curious about the Markbass unit now.
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The Dual Compressor on my SMX Trace Elliot combo always sounded good to me too, but if you like the Trace Compressor then the Ashdown one is basically the same as it's made by ex Trace employees

Edited May 3, 2014 by Reversebird

[dannybuoy]

Playing with the Zoom compressors has convinced me to get one again, and after reading a load of Bongo's reviews I am leaning towards the Empress. I like the idea of parallel compression to blend in a bit of clean so you can squash without losing attack.