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My first 500 series compressor i ever bought, and it's the best investment i have ever made. The sound takes my clients, and my own recordings, to a level i was previously struggling to achieve with plug ins and other hardware compressors. I can describe it as a silky, warm, heavy sound that really adds that "finished" feeling to my recordings. The price was unbeatable for a Shadow Hills Unit, let alone a compressor of this build quality. The Dual Vandergraph has exceeded my expectations, i will never forget the first day i started getting familiar with the unit, and added it to a few tracks, and of course my master bus. I will never let go of this unit!

One of my newest additions to my new 500 rack, and i have to say i'm in love. I use it on most of my drum tracks, running via firewire from my Midas Venice F32, then to a 500 series pultec, and my results have been amazing. I have never been able to achieve such a powerful chest pounding low end and heavy drum sounds! I havent used it on to many other tracks like synth's etc. but i will experiment more this next month. I would highly refer this to all of my fellow engineers who have a 500 series rack or are planning on purchasing one. Shadow Hills always delivers high quality units. I could not image living without it, and i will be purchasing another one asap!

My favorite piece on my rack.

I will never use another daw again.

The first synth I pull out to get going with some killer leads or bass.