Neve 1073-EQ
Little is documented about the Neve 1073-EQ as a distinct model. The record is thin enough that basic identity facts can't be confirmed. Even the product type in the Archive's catalog ("synth") is suspect, and this page won't guess beyond it.
What the period record does show is the 1073-EQ name turning up in classified ads for working Neve consoles. A classified in Studio Sound (October 1986, p.102) offered a Neve 16/4 console with 1073 EQ for £10,000. A later classified in the same publication's January 1987 issue (p.88) listed a Neve 8058 24-input console with a 4-output configuration at £30,000, alongside a 16/4 film console using 1066 EQ. Another classified in Mix (April 1999, p.259) described a Neve 8038 console with 1073 EQs and 2245 compressor/limiters. These are dealer and studio listings, not editorial reviews. They do show that "1073 EQ" was working shorthand in the used-pro audio market for well over a decade.
Beyond those classifieds, the 1073-EQ seems to have been an informal name for the equalizer section of the 1073 channel amplifier - the same EQ circuit used in the 1073 preamp. The standalone 1073/1084-style EQ modules and reissues came later. The vintage record treats "1073 EQ" as part of a channel.
Known facts, kept to what the record supports:
- Appears in period classifieds as "1073 EQ" or "1073 EQs" on Neve consoles
- Associated with the 1073 channel amplifier's equalizer circuit
- Still appeared in used-console listings as late as 1999 (Mix, April 1999, p.259)
- No standalone specifications, original price, or production dates are documented in the Archive's record
If you own a 1073-EQ and can point to a manual, a sales sheet, or a console documentation sheet, the Archive would like to add it to this page.
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