Best Compressor for under $150.00

[blood5150]

In the market... looking for some feedback...

Thanks.

 

[Binaural]

Barber Tone Press

 

[Bobster]

+1 for the tone press, however, it does colour your tone. Quite a harsh sounding compressor.. You could probably try Cmatmods Comp. or if you're lucky, you could get a used keeley 2 knob for that price..

 

[gls500]

HBE CPR. Fantastic compressor.

 

[Caribou]

+1 for the tone press, however, it does colour your tone. Quite a harsh sounding compressor..

Harsh? I've never thought it was anything close to harsh. Great pedal imo.

 

[Flyin' Brian]

Harsh? I've never thought it was anything close to harsh. Great pedal imo.

Same here on the Barber...smooth as silk.

 

[Wheeler004]

Check out the Farndurk Sunshine compressor. It's sweet, subtle, and won't berak the bank.

 

[geetarman]

Another vote for the Tone Press no harshness in mine.

 

[LeeSympathetic]

You could probably grab a diamond compressor for 150 flat.

I've owned the tone press, and the diamond compressor is the upright winner, IMO.

 

[TubeeTuberton]

Loved my Cmatmods Deluxe Signa Comp. Much more than the 2 and 4 knob of the Keeley comp. Just my opinion though.

 

[jingobah]

Stigtronics comp is what you want.

The most quiet comp I've ever used, no noise at all.
Way better than the Analogman & Keeley comps IMO & I've used both.

http://www.stigtronics.com/id2.html

 

[DC1]

Fab pedal.


dc

 

[mcerreta]

Tone press!

 

[Member 995]

I like the Demeter quite a bit. Of the optical compressors that I've tried, it is probably my favorite. I'm not really a fan of the Ross style compressors that are more of an effect than the optical compressors.

 

[Desperado]

Demeter is nice, Diamond is also great. Both are very transparent. If you want some more squash you could try the Keeley or Reissue Script MXR Dyna Comp. Used prices would be in the $150 range.

 

[Janglin_Jack]

Easy, I will give you three:

Barber Tone Press
Maxon CP-101
Boss CS-2

Jack

 

[Doug59]

Barber Tone Press vote here also.

 

[thelionsden]

I've owned the tone press, and the diamond compressor is the upright winner, IMO.

I agree with this. The blending of uneffected clean tone with the compressed tone seems like a good idea on the Barber, but it seems to me like there may be phase cancellation issues when you blend. The blend seems to thin out the tone a touch and make it more brittle sounding.

 

[Lucidology]

The Barber didn't work for moi .. but I liked it tons more then the Diamond ..
I'd highly recommend the Maxon CP101