A-Designs Audio will be premiering their new HM2EQ HAMMER tube EQ unit at AES after two years in the works with meticulous testing by Peter Montessi and the rest of the A-Designs Audio team. The HAMMER is a dual mono channel, three band, analog equalizer with such precise filtering that it kills unwanted noise while letting harmonics pass through, thanks to its 12AT Philips tubes.

The HAMMER comes in a 2U metal chassis with an aluminum faceplate. Each channel features bypass switches, high cut and low cut, and six large aluminum rotaries for the EQ sections - the LF, MF, HF bands are each accompanied by knobs offering +/-13dB of boost or cut.

Peter Montessi of A-Designs Audio had this to say regarding the new HAMMER EQ.

"Although the digital recording world has certainly come a long way, especially over the last couple of years, it still can't accurately mimic the warm, musical tones that a vacuum tube can best provide ... we've gone through countless tube choices and combinations to find the best possible sonics for the HAMMER and I know that discerning engineers are going to be very pleased with it when they hear it for themselves."