"Powell" wrote in message

"Sander deWaal" wrote

Analog equalizers in high end audio (stereo) are generally
a waste of time and money. Thirty-one pots only serve to
dull out microdynamics and articulation of the human voice.
Many of the high quality pre-amps manufactured over the
last 20 years come without any bass or treble control
whatsoever, for this reason.

I know of at least one exception:
The Cello Palette.
This is the only analog EQ I know about with continuous tracking
phase correction per band.

This is one EQ I'd sure want to have in my system!

"Cello Palette"... thought company was sold to ML, no?
Cello is still manufacturing products?

Interesting story:

http://www.audiorevolution.com/news/...worldcom.shtml

July 2002:

"Most high end audio enthusiasts know and respect the cult of personality
based around Mr. Mark Levinson, especially his last, highly touted brand of
gear and AV showrooms - Cello. Back in the wild, late 1990's, a financier
and audio enthusiast named Rick Adams, actually bought both Cello Ltd. (the
electronics company) and the Cello Music and Film showrooms in New York and
Los Angeles from Mr. Levinson and various other investors. He was flush with
cash from the sale of a past technology company called UUNet which he sold
to the now infamous WorldCom.

(This business was apparently known as "Simply Home Entertainment")

"Adams poured money and resources into Cello's custom installation business
like no one ever had before in the history of AV. The new New York and Los
Angeles showrooms were truly monuments to the high art form of audio, video
and recording. Teams of designers, nationally prominent AV sales talent like
David Daniels and Nick Lucci powered the business model. Ultimately, the
Cello concept couldn't live up to its lofty sales projections especially
when the economy finally settled down in 2000.

"Adams soon thereafter pulled the plug on most of the Cello project and sold
off most of its assets.

"The recording studios, formerly known as Oceanway, still bear the Cello
name as does the trendy and well regarded restaurant in NY which boasts a
top listing for food in New York on the Zagat guide.