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Andrew Chapman Creative’s Hardware EQ Tier List: Sonic Street Weapons Ranked

Ready to bin your plugin EQs and go hardware hunting? Andrew Chapman Creative is here with a no-nonsense, laugh-out-loud tier list of hardware EQs, slicing through the hype like a samurai at a toaster-fight. Forget the sales talk—this is real-world studio grit, where sound, workflow, and value slug it out for top spot. Expect sharp opinions, a few sacred cows tipped, and enough honest banter to make your rack blush. If you’re after the truth about which EQs slap and which ones should stay in the pawn shop, this is your rave bunker briefing.

API 550A, API 550B, API 560 Graphic EQ, BAE 1073D 500 Series 1073 and EQ, DBX 530 Parametric EQ, Drawmer 1971 Two Channel EQ, Elysia X Filter 500 Series Stereo EQ, Heritage Audio HA73EQ Elite Series Microphone Preamplifier with Equalizer, Klark Teknik EQP-KT, Lindell Audio LiNTEC Program Equalizer, Lindell Audio PEX 500, Maag EQ4 500 Series EQ, Mackie 32x8 Console, Manley Massive Passive, Neve 1073 SPX, Pheonix Audio Gyrator, Pultec 500 Series, Purple Audio Odd EQ, Rupert Neve Designs Inductor EQ, Solid State Logic SSL E-EQ Mk2 500 Series Equalizer, Solid State Logic SSL Revival 4000 Signature Analogue Channel Strip, SSL Ultraviolet EQ, Stam Audio SA-EQP1A, Toft Audio ATB, Trident 80B EQ, Tube Tech PE-1C, Vintech X73i, Warm Audio EQP-WA, Warm Audio WA73-EQ 1073-Style Microphone Preamplifier and Equalizer