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If I told you this was a review of another mic pre, you'd probably just yawn. If I told you it was a mic pre, optical compressor, and EQ, you'd probably pay some attention. Then if I told you it was a Joemeek product, you'd say, "What's that son?" Well, that's what it is. It's a single Joemeek channel strip.
The sixQ has an XLR mic and 1/4" line input. The output is in the same configuration with a +4 or -10 option. There's even an insert for effects and an instrument on the front panel! All standard channel strip functions are included like phantom power, phase reversal, pad and bass roll off switch. There's one switch that is baffling though. It's labeled IRON. The manual says it's a transformer coupler. I suppose it has to do with the different impedances that a mic could be at. Not sure. Not enough information is available, but when you push it, the mic sounds different. So you choose the one that sounds best and use that? Is this like the loudness button or the quadralizer or the ambience button or any of the other cryptic buttons that have shown up on audio gear throughout the ages? It's not that cryptic really. I just told you...