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Empress Effects ParaEq MKII Pedal - Deluxe Edition
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Your Price: $470.00 CDN
or from $50 CDN/mo
Whether you're trying to cut through a mix or fix a feedback issue, you need precision! The ParaEq MKII offers the most control of any pedal EQ on the market. Effortlessly sweeten your tone with beautiful sounding, super smooth Baxandall filters for broad high and low frequency shelving adjustments on the Deluxe.
The ParaEq MKII pedals operates internally at 27V, providing clean headroom without unwanted clipping.
Features
• Low freq, mid freq, high freq
• Gain
• Low/High pass filters
• Boost
• Boost Stompswitch
• Bypass Stompswitch
• Low q, mid q, high q
Specifications
Input Impedance: 1MΩ
Output Impedance: 100Ω
Frequency Response (-3dB): 22Hz - 25kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion: < 0.05%
Noise: > 107dB
Headroom: +30dBu
Input Voltage: 9VDC Centre-Negative
Required Current: 300mA
Power Input Connector: 2.1mm Barrel Connector
Height (Enclosure Only): 1.5"
Height (Including Controls): 2.5"
Length: 3.5"
Width: 4.5"
Weight: 1 lb
The ParaEQ MKII Deluxe will appeal to players who
- Need high-pass and low-pass filters for precision work at the frequency extremes
- Want the glorious sound of Baxandall filters for sparkling high end or extra weight in the low end
- Want to be prepared for any EQ situation
The ParaEq MKII pedals operates internally at 27V, providing clean headroom without unwanted clipping.
Features
• Low freq, mid freq, high freq
• Gain
• Low/High pass filters
• Boost
• Boost Stompswitch
• Bypass Stompswitch
• Low q, mid q, high q
Specifications
Input Impedance: 1MΩ
Output Impedance: 100Ω
Frequency Response (-3dB): 22Hz - 25kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion: < 0.05%
Noise: > 107dB
Headroom: +30dBu
Input Voltage: 9VDC Centre-Negative
Required Current: 300mA
Power Input Connector: 2.1mm Barrel Connector
Height (Enclosure Only): 1.5"
Height (Including Controls): 2.5"
Length: 3.5"
Width: 4.5"
Weight: 1 lb
The ParaEQ MKII Deluxe will appeal to players who
- Need high-pass and low-pass filters for precision work at the frequency extremes
- Want the glorious sound of Baxandall filters for sparkling high end or extra weight in the low end
- Want to be prepared for any EQ situation
Media
Youtube video product demo
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Great EQ pedal 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Kingston, Ontario
Very pleased with this purchase. Considering other Empress Pedals in the future!
Posted by Alex on Nov 27, 2024
Beautiful to look at and amazing to listen to! 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Edmonton Whyte, Alberta
recommend this pedal—and all Empress pedals—enough. I only own a few, but I already have three from Empress, and I’m very happy with each one. I use this one on my guitar pedalboard, synthesizer, and processing signals coming out of my DAW. This pedal is particularly musical, responsive, and adds both depth and width to the signal. It will be a cornerstone of my music production process for years to come.
Posted by Ghassan on Nov 1, 2024
Perfect 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
Wanted a small footprint EQ pedal with high quality audio. This checks all the boxes while delivering studio grade quality, and the added boost is a huge bonus. I'm able to get all sorts of tones out of just this and an overdrive pedal. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for at EQ options.
Posted by Ari Noor on Oct 29, 2024
Does what it says it does 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Ottawa, Ontario
This is just about as close to having a studio rail in a box as it can get. Ya, it costs a bit more, worth every penny, I use on Bass for changing from accompanying eq/vol to solo eq/vol,
Posted by Kev Cooke on May 30, 2024
So much fine control 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Vancouver, British Columbia
I was looking for a small footprint eq pedal. I was looking between the source audio, the empress, MXR, and boss pedals. I'm not a huge fan of menu diving, so the source audio one felt a bit too complex for my needs. The MXR and boss while recommended by many, didn't have the fine-tuning parameters available on the empress. In the end, I boought the empress and am completely satisfied with it. The quality you expect from empress effects. It's a pricey little unit, but EQ is such an underrated effect yet has so much control over your sound, that it's worth every bit.
Posted by Sam on Mar 15, 2024
Truly Great 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Vancouver, British Columbia
The perfect set of features, tiny footprint and high audio quality make this the ONLY parametric eq pedal. I can't imagine using any acoustic instrument into an amplifier without one. Worth every cent.
Posted by JeffB on Oct 17, 2023
Dial in the perfect tone 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Kanata, Ontario
I had the MXR 10-band graphic EQ on my pedalboard and am quite satisfied. This isn't why I purchased the ParaEq MkII Deluxe.
I wanted more control, fewer tradeoffs. As well as high- and low-pass filters.
And this is exactly what the ParaEQ provides. Being new to parametric EQs I went over to the Empress Effects website and watched the tutorial videos. Very quickly I was shaping my tone in ways not possible with a graphic EQ.
There are a lot of dials on this unit, but once you know what they mean the learning curve is very manageable. Kudos to Empress Effects for providing all the essential information in the manual.
I love it also has a boost. Saves so much space on my already packed pedalboard!
TL;DR: buy the ParaEQ MkII Deluxe to take your tone to the next level
Posted by Fred on Jul 7, 2023
Covers all bases and then some 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
Incredibly dynamic and transparent analog EQ that covers every base you can think of and then some (the boost is a excellent feature to include). Does require some knowledge of wave-shaping and frequency bands before use since it's less reliant on visual cues like a graphic EQ, but having something this pliable in a (relatively) small enclosure is brilliant.
Posted by Alex on Jun 9, 2023
Worth the price 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
Doesn't get any better than this. I've owned many EQs and this pedal blows them all out of the water. Not even close. The tone shaping capabilities of this pedal are simply amazing. I was torn between this one and the regular version, and I'm glad I went with the Deluxe. The price reflects the quality and what you get in terms of options. Do it!
Posted by PointyHeadstock on Feb 21, 2023
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| ParaEq MKII Pedal - Deluxe Edition | 779135 |
