Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio vs Universal Audio UAFX Max Preamp & Dual Compressor
The Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio and the Universal Audio UAFX Max Preamp & Dual Compressor are both pedals. The Universal Audio UAFX Max Preamp & Dual Compressor leans compressed.
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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.54% — moderately similar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$349via Reverb
The Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio (Phi) is a dual-engine compressor pedal featuring separate FET and optical compression circuits in one enclosure with a switch to select between them. The FET engine delivers crisp, punchy compression while the optical circuit provides warm, fluid compression. The pedal essentially delivers two distinct compressor voices in one unit. Built in Greece by Crazy Tube Circuits with boutique quality components.
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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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Alternative Rock
- Country
- compressed