Ashly 66A

Not much is documented about the Ashly 66A under that exact name. In the period trade press it shows up as the SC-66A, a stereo parametric equalizer sold alongside a mono three-band sibling, the SC-63 (Mix, May 1980, p.93). Ashly's own advertising - built around the simple claim that the company had an equalizer for you - listed the SC-66A at $599 list (Mix, January 1981, p.70). A Mix product roundup the previous year (May 1980, p.93) described it as a stereo parametric equalizer with balanced inputs, peak overload lights, ±15 dB gain controls, and an overall defeat switch. The exact band count isn't clearly preserved in the surviving copy, so it stays unstated here.

That's about the extent of the solid record. The mono SC-63 listed at $369 in early 1981 (Mix, January 1981, p.70). By August of that year the same ad campaign showed it at $406 (Modern Recording, August 1981, p.17). No production dates, manuals, or further specifications have surfaced in the Archive's collection.