The Purple Audio Tav 500-Series Graphic Equalizer is a ten-band inductor-based graphic Graphic Equalizer designed to work in standard 500-Series racks.
The Purple Audio Tav 500-Series Graphic EQ is a ten-band inductor-based graphic EQ. Designed to work in standard “500″ racks, designed by Ed Anderson for Purple Audio. An illuminated pushbutton for relay true bypass (green) allows for easy comparison with unprocessed source material. A Tricolor LED meters the signal. The frequency response is +/- 0.25dB from 15Hz to 25kHz, and -3dB at 60kHz. A new take on the console graphic, with ten easy to use bands. Each band uses a high quality inductor and carefully selected caps to set th center frequency. At full boost and full cut the bands are narrow enough to still be useful individually, but at lower settings the bands widen out for more gentle shaping. Even at full boost and cut, the filters are shaped to be musical and useful.
With specialized input and output transformers, the TAV has plenty of headroom, even at full boost. The entire circuit is discrete, with no electrolytic capacitors in the signal path, and no servo amps. With only two active stages, the current draw is low enough to work in any rack, and leave plenty of juice for other modules. The Tav uses one KDJ3 opamp and one KDJ4 opamp.
Purple Audio Tav 500-Series Graphic EQ Features
- Each band boost or cut by 12dB
- Relay True Bypass
- Tricolor LED level meter
- Transformer balanced in and out
- Discrete signal path
- No electrolytic caps in signal path
- Current consumption: 60mA
- Over Current Resettable Fused (prevents any module problem from affecting your rack)
- ROHS – Lead Free
Purple Audio Tav 500-Series Graphic EQ Specifications
- Tav Pinout
- Pin 1: Chassis Ground
- Pin 2: Output A +
- Pin 3: Output B + (mult from pin 2)
- Pin 4: Output A -
- Pin 5: Audio Ground
- Pin 6: Output B- (mult from pin 4)
- Pin 7: Input -
- Pin 8: Input -
- Pin 9: Input +
- Pin 10: Input +
- Pin 11: NC
- Pin 12: +15 or 16VDC 60ma
- Pin 13: Audio Ground
- Pin 14: -15 or 16VDC 60ma
- Pin 15: NC (+48VDC)
Purple Audio Tav 500-Series Graphic EQ Includes
- Tav 500-Series Graphic EQ
- Paperwork/Warranty Information
2 Reviews Hide Reviews Show Reviews
-
Purple TAV EQ
Jul 8th 2023This is my first inductor eq which prompted lots of excitement in receiving it, as all you hear/read about them are good things. The sound out of the TAV is stunning — I’m not positive if any plug in right now could compete. Boosts in both highs and lows are indeed super musical. And even on extreme boosts, it’s difficult to end up with a subpar/bad result. The ten-band feature is super useful and flexible in mix applications. I use it on mix bus and individual instrument/recordings. It’s very good for surgical eq, as well as complementing other eq’s in the signal chain. Relatively, the price for these makes it a pretty good deal for a high-end product in today’s market. Would definitely recommend.
-
Extremely Musical
Jan 13th 2021So far I have had this for about 2 months. And I can’t find one source that this beast doesn’t make it sound better. I love it on the mix bus (yes I said it), kick, bass, and it’s amazing on distorted guitars. So glad I got it!
Write a Review
Sign Up for exclusive sales and offers!