Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio V2 vs Universal Audio UAFX Max Preamp & Dual Compressor

The Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio V2 and the Universal Audio UAFX Max Preamp & Dual Compressor are both pedals sharing compressed, analog warmth. Current prices: $246.37 vs $349.

Similarity
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59% — moderately similar

Shared tone character
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  • compressed
  • analog warmth
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Price

$246.37via Reverb

$349via Reverb

Description

The Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio V2 (Phi V2) is an enhanced three-engine compressor pedal adding an OTA (operational transconductance amplifier) feed-forward detection circuit to the original Golden Ratio's FET and optical engines, achieving three separate analog compression circuits in one compact enclosure selectable via a switch. The OTA engine is optimized for catching fast transients and serving as a hard limiter. The V2 achieves engineering nirvana for players who want three distinct analog compression voices. Made in Greece.

The Universal Audio UAFX Max Preamp & Dual Compressor is a preamp and dual compressor pedal from Universal Audio (Santa Cruz, California), delivering DSP-modeled preamp and two independent compressor circuits including a Urei 1176 FET compressor and a LA-2A optical compressor emulation for studio-quality signal conditioning in a pedalboard pedal. The Max Preamp & Dual Compressor uses Universal Audio DSP-powered analog-modeling to deliver studio-quality preamp and dual compressor pedal in a compact pedalboard format.

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