Elysia xpressor neo 500

Great unit - I got it as a present for myself for taking the time to do some mixing courses since my mixes sounded terrible.(I'm not a mixing engineer, I just produce and mix my own stuff, so it didn't hurt to learn a bit about eq/sat/compression anyway - which got me to a way better place now even with just plugins) So now I thought I deserve a little extra to help me on my way - a hardware compressor for the mixbus. I've only used plugins so far, so I can't compare it with any other hardware. But it's blowing my mind how 'different' it sounds to plugins. I somehow get the hype with analog stuff now. It really does have a 'depth' that plugins don't have. Not only wide, but tall from top to bottom and front to back(+better element separation). While it has no actual color, it does feel 'alive' and 'non-digital'(if that's a thing) but the compression behaviour is super natural and 'on point'(not wonky, no weird artefacts or jitter)

I can't go back to plugin compressors now, but in the same time I don't want to get lost in the world of hardware so I kinda found a compromise: I put a vintage plugin comp for the color(SSL, Fairchild, API) first, but I don't compress with it(many plugins still impart that vintage mojo when just running audio through them), I'm not a big fan of the compression behaviour on a lot of analog emulations so then I run the xpressor afterwards for the actual compression and analog depth and space. Win-win, best of both worlds basically.

Build is top notch, most premium knobs I ever touched. I'm probably gonna get a few other elysia modules, since the xpressor has made such a good impression. It now lives on my mixbus and it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

I had the gen1 Xpressor,also have other Elysia stuff so I know the quality and the philosophy of the brand. So when NEO came out, I switched with no regrets...So If I'd rate the Xpressor Gen 1 %100, Xressor Neo would be %115! A wider image, better depth and tiny more detail on transients.. Because my DA converters output level can easily send audio to match my 500 series devices and Neo's s/n ratio is soo low, I can easliy use it with for mastering purposes..Highly recomended

Der Elysia xpressor neo 500 ist sehr vielseit einsetzbar. Egal ab auf einzelnen Instrumenten, auf Gruppen oder am Master - der xpressor hat mir noch jedes mal ein Lächeln auf die Lippen gezaubert. Dabei kann er von fast unscheinbar bis komplett auf die 12 alles. Vor allem der Mix Poti ermöglicht hier wunderbare parallel Kompressionsergebnisse.

Wer einen Allrounder sucht der auch noch unfassbar gut klingt, wir beim xpressor neo 500 fündig. Der eine Stern Abzug bei der Bedienung ist rein dem 500er Format geschuldet weil einfach wenig Platz ist. Die Haptik und Verarbeitung des xpressors ist aber (wie von Elysia gewohnt) erstklassig. Von meiner Seite eine klare Kaufempfehlung!