Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio V2 vs Vox Valvenergy Smooth Impact
The Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio V2 and the Vox Valvenergy Smooth Impact are both pedals sharing warm. The Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio V2 leans compressed. The Vox Valvenergy Smooth Impact leans harmonically rich and transparent. Current prices: $222.45 vs $144.23.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.45% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- country
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- warm
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$222.45via Reverb
$144.23via Reverb
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 Vox Valvenergy Smooth Impact is a Nutube-based optical compressor pedal from Vox (Korg Japan), using the Korg/Vox Nutube dual-triode vacuum tube to impart natural tube harmonic character into the compression circuit. The Smooth Impact delivers transparent optical compression with Nutube-driven tube warmth, Attack, Sustain, and Level controls for dynamic control with organic analog character.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- country pop
- alternative
- blues
- compressed
- harmonically rich
- transparent