Pultec is the original name behind the legendary passive tube equalizers that defined the sound of countless records, most famously the EQP-1A and MEQ-5, first developed by founders Eugene Shenk and Ollie Summerlin in the 1950s. Revived by engineer Steve Jackson with a mission to recreate the units to exact, original-spec detail - right down to transformers, inductors, chassis and period-correct methods - today’s Pultec hardware is hand-built to the classic designs rather than “Pultec-style” interpretations. The Pultec sound is celebrated for broad, musical curves that add weight and warmth to the lows, silky presence to the highs, and the famed “Pultec low-end trick” that tightens bass while enhancing punch - qualities engineers consistently describe as hard to make sound bad.