Z&H Designs 1178 Stereo Peak Limiter Dual-channel Dynamics Processor

This UREI-inspired compressor includes some useful features for modern hybrid studios.

NEIL ROGERS

Z&H Designs started life in 2019 when Jaky Zheng, an audio engineering instructor and studio owner, gathered together a team of designers, engineers and co-creators from around the globe to flesh out and develop equipment designs and prototypes to work in real-world studio sessions. The final designs that are now coming to market are all hand-built in Shanghai by an experienced team who, they say, are now able to manufacture not just the devices themselves, but also many of the components used in them. Some of those, including op-amps and transformers, are available through their website. The idea is that Z&H can have full control of the quality of their designs, as well as the ability to build custom units to order. Two 1176s? We were invited to test one…

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Sound On Sound USA (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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