TK Audio
TK Audio TK-lizer 3 Baxandall Mastering EQ with M/S
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TK Audio TK-lizer 3 is a stereo mix bus and mastering EQ based on the Baxandall circuit, loved for its smooth and natural sound. The third generation replaces the TK-lizer 2 with new input and output circuits, improved low and high bands, better channel separation in M/S mode and a new look with bakelite knobs.
Broad, musical moves instead of surgery
On the mix bus you rarely need narrow filters. TK-lizer 3 has three bands with six frequencies each and a low Q of 0.5, so a few dB of EQ sounds like a shift in tonal balance rather than a notch. The low and high bands switch between shelf and peak, and the top band reaches 25 kHz for air without harshness. Every control is stepped, from 0.5 to 4 dB, so left and right always match and a recall a week later takes a minute.
M/S processing without an extra encoder
In M/S mode the mid channel handles what usually sits in the centre, such as bass, kick, snare and vocals, and the side channel takes everything panned. You can add air to the sides, mono the low end by applying the HPF to the side signal and change the stereo width with the side level, without an external M/S encoder. The Cue switch lets you monitor L/R or M/S separately.
KEY FEATURES
- Baxandall circuit, three bands with six frequencies each
- Low and high bands switchable shelf / peak, Q 0.5
- High-pass filter with 12 frequencies, 12 dB/oct
- M/S mode for separate mid and side processing
- Cue switch for L/R or M/S monitoring
- Electronically balanced, clean signal path
- All controls stepped
- No electrolytic capacitors in the audio path
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Low band: 28, 48, 72, 132, 195, 255 Hz
- Mid band: 400, 630, 870 Hz, 1.3, 2.4, 4.8 kHz
- High band: 4, 7.2, 12, 16, 20, 25 kHz
- Cut/boost: +/-0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4 dB
- HPF: 20 to 45 Hz, or 100 to 225 Hz with x5 engaged
- Input impedance: 20 kOhm, output impedance: 68 Ohm
- Max input level: +27 dBu, max output level: +28 dBu
- Frequency response: 20 Hz to 80 kHz +/-0.1 dB
- THD+N at 0 dBu: 0.0004%, S/N: 95 dB, dynamic range: 123 dB
- M/S channel separation: better than 60 dB
- Power: 115 V or 230 V, 10 VA consumption
