What does mastering mean?

“Whether Dan Clark Audio Stealth or Expanse, both require a high-end headphone amplifier with plenty of power like the SPL Phonitor.” Mastering with headphones is gaining more and more importance. At the online platform positive-feedback you can find an interesting article about mastering. Dirk Sommer (Hifistatement) and Casten Hicking (audioNEXT) visited mastering engineer Christoph Stickel […]

PQ @ Audio Animals

“The SPL PQ is one of my favourite EQs. I love it. I think it’s a brilliant EQ and I’m going to prove that in this review.” On the Audio Animals Youtube channel you’ll find an awesome video about the SPL PQ Mastering Equalizer. Mixing engineer Paul Ashmore talks about the device and lets you […]

Appointment of new managing director at SPL electronics GmbH

We are happy to have found the perfect successor for SPL founder Wolfgang Neumann in our developer Bastian Neu. Bastian takes over the company share from Wolfgang Neumann and is appointed managing director, alongside Hermann Gier and Heinz Middelkamp, as of January 01, 2023. Wolfgang Neumann retires from the position of managing director and partner […]

Crescendo duo @ Classical Guitar Tones

At the online platform “Classical Guitar Tones”, you can find a review about our Dual-Channel Microphone Preamplifier with 120V technology – SPL Crescendo duo. You can read the complete review online – here we provide a short summary. “High-quality preamps that can capture all the nuances and subtleties of classical guitar are not as common […]

BiG in Mix Magazine

“Any stereo audio can benefit greatly from BiG’s effect.” In the current edition (January 2023) of Mix Magazine, you can find a review about our 500 Series module for stereo stage processing – the SPL BiG. Here we provide a short summary. “SPL’s BiG is a dual-slot, 500 series stereo analog module that manipulates the […]

BiG in Studio Magazin

In German Studio Magazin, edition 12/2022, you can find a review about our 500 Series module for stereo stage processing, the SPL BiG. Here we providet a short summary in English. “BiG is one of those devices that can’t be created on a drawing board. It is a combination of trial and error, of experiment and […]

Phonitor xe @ What Hi-Fi

At the online platform What Hi-Fi you can find a review about our nonplusultra headphone amplifier SPL Phonitor xe. You can read the complete review online and a summary here on our blog. First impression: “This is the first time we’ve reviewed a product from SPL, and we’re mighty glad we did. We love the […]

BiG @ Tape Op

For the edition #152 of Tape Op magazine, Don Gunn wrote a great review about our 500 Series module for stereo stage processing – SPL BiG. You can find the complete review online and in the magazine, here we provide you with a short summary: “BiG takes up two slots in a 500 Series rack, […]

SPL User Story: Justin Gray Music

Within this SPL User Story we want to introduce you to Justin Gray. Justin is music composer & producer at Synthesis Sound, mastering engineer at Immersive Mastering and professor of music at the Humber College Lakeshore Campus in Toronto, Canada. Justin is working in Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 “day in and day out”, on […]

Elector @ Part-Time Audiophile

“Well, I’ll just come out and say that the SPL Elector just plain floats my boat and trips my trigger in all the right ways. It’s got the connectivity (RCA, XLR) that I’ve always wanted in a preamp, and it’s pleasantly neutral in tone. In short, it easily satisfies my requirement of “doing no harm.” […]