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$30,000 for One compressor,I would like to know what it can do that my $200 one can't?

Alan



This is where the Law of Diminishing Returns kicks in hard.

However, that little bit of gain over the lesser offerings can be a lot when all is taken into consideration, and therin lies the difference. Things like noise are additive in nature.
Designing out that noise level can be expensive both component and assembly-wise. Then there is the Law of Supply and Demand to be considered also. The engineer who takes on design, manufacture and sale of the high end compressor must price according to projected sales possiblities in order to remain viable. They may be selling double digit unit numbers as versus the thousands of consumer sales.

Alan, the Mastering Engineer who does it for a living likely looks on the gear in the same way you view the guitar, as you recently did in a thread here about highend or brand name guitars versus the less expensive ones. There are tools and then there are the Tools of the Master.


--Mac

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