My my my where should I start, oh lets go to the monitoring section so the monitoring section is Unrealistic paired with my Lavry Savitr for Ad in a bedroom the results are PRO LEVEL I wont need a Da anytime soon the image through my Genelec 8351bs paired with a w7360a is to overwhelming to write about. Theres this sound good and then theres this sounds great and then theres the next level of this is such a thrill its like falling into a sinkhole that takes 3 days to hit the bottom but you enjoying the way down its like a high you cant stop NO LIE im stuck on excitement and mind boggled just sitting here like im rich enough to just say forget about anything I've worried about before.Next its the preamp part comparing to my Shelford Channel you can crank this up to the max and for some reason its just clean and warm and for some reason you can barely hear background noises in the house like the Tv in the living room the washer and dryer lol or the refrigerator noise i mean u can crank the volume up and hear less background noises unrealistically unlike the Shelford Channel makes me want to sell it and get a Pultec and a compressor and boom I will have a sound sonically that only a few can reach I mean u could get away with this and some uad plugs vs The Shelford which is awesome but distorts waaayyy before the Equinox would ever and the summing along with monitoring is on a whole nother level its VERY WARM and soft but accurate you want accuracy and thats what you will get when mixing through this you will finally be able to trust your monitors more often than going back and forward to the car... oh yeah I do hip hop trying to get a rig together for waiting clients and my own music people complaim about other studios in this city not liking the sound and im sure in your studio if it lacks quality nowadays people aint having that if you buy the Shadow Hills Equinox paired with a great Ad converter then life will change for you in your Studio

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Received the Equinox that I purchased at Sweetwater and it was everything I imagined it would be and more. It was super simple to set up and I was up in running with it in a very short amount of time. Everything plugged in easily and the work flow on this thing is wonderful -- very ergonomic and comfortable to use. The upgrade for your monitoring system alone is worth the price of admission. You will hear everything you've likely been missing in whatever you've been listening through. Tons of new found headroom for your mixes and everything breathes with great space and plenty of punch. The mic pres on it are pristine as expected and you can change the color in each channel to one of three console flavors. Everything sounds incredible through every path of this unit. I've owned large format consoles in the past and considered going back to get "that" sound. Now I've got it and I think this even sounds better but now it's all in 2 rack spaces in my studio (I think they should have made it bigger just to make it more believable!) This will put the fun factor back into your control room and you won't have to have a neighborhood bar-b-que to get enough guys together to move it.

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Shadow Hills is an extremely Boutique, high end, High value company for a reason, They make incredible gear.
The Equinox has the functionality of some extremely nice consoles built into a 2 space rack (4 counting power Supply (Sold Separately)
The master section is great its all stepped attenuation so extremely friendly for recall and finding the sweet spots of each transformer you're driving.
Its very legible to read and the layout just makes sense so you spend about an hr and you;re already used to it without looking.
It has the Mono Gamma type preamps for makeup gain and just all around incredibly versatile pres for tracking not to mention the direct inputs which i didn't realize it had until i un boxed it.

All in all a great unit that will open your mixes up and give you the extra few inches you've been reaching for.

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This is the heart of my studio. Great summing, monitor control, and on top of all that you get 2 GAMMA Preamps to boot. Don't forget the dim switch, the talkback built in adjustable mic, and oh yeah, the look of a german UBOAT controls. Can't say enough good things about it.