# New 500-series modules from Buzz Audio...

- Site: Analog Industries
- Author: Chris Randall
- Date: 2006-05-08
- URL: https://analogindustries.com/2006/05/new-500-series-modules-from-buzz-audio/

[![New 500-series modules from Buzz Audio...](https://analogindustries.com/images/blog/elixiressence.jpg)](https://analogindustries.com/images/blog/elixiressence.jpg)

New Zealand's [Buzz Audio](http://www.buzzaudio.com/) has some nice stuff in the pipeline. Click the image for a larger pic. The Elixer mic pre fits in API-sized slots, and is a class A/Lundahl design based on their excellent MA-2.2 mic pre. $695 a throw, which puts it right in line with almost every other 500-sized mic pre. (I don't believe there are any other 500-sized pres with a transformerless input stage, so this is definitely a new flavor for that form factor.)

On the right is the Essence compressor, one of the very few non-API compressors in this form factor. It is, as you can plainly see, 2U wide, which kind of blows considering the price-per-slot of 500 racks. Not much info about this one yet, but the price is probably going to be in the $800 to $850 range.

## Comments (1)

**AdamJay** (2006-05-09):

2 spaces on the compressor kinda sucks but it looks like we get Sidechain input and sidechain monitor in exchange

and THAT is frickin COOL!