BLACK LION AUDIO Seventeen £750
Jun 20, 2019
4 minutes
WORDS JOHN PICKFORD
With so many new outboard units being copies (or ‘reimaginings’) of classic vintage hardware, I immediately know what I’m in for when I see any of the numbers ’73, ’47 or ’76 in the name of a new product. But when I was asked to test Black Lion Audio’s new Seventeen compressor, I didn’t put two and two together at first. As soon as I set eyes upon the unit though, I knew immediately that I was dealing with something based upon the legendary UREI 1176 compressor/limiter.
HEAVEN SEVENTEEN?
The Seventeen isn’t an all-out replication of the 1176, like Warm Audio’s WA76 for example, as it boasts several useful features not found on
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