Klark Teknik 76-KT Classic FET-Style Compressor with Class-A Line Level Amplifier and Midas Transformers

I don't care whether it sounds identical to an original UREI 1176. These sound close enough and do a similar job and make my recordings sound better. Simple as that. No-one who buys our records cares if I used a Klark Teknik or an original 1176 - and they couldn't tell the difference anyway. All they (and I) care about is if the songs sound good, and they do. The 76-KT, in conjunction with a KlarkTeknik 2A-KT (an LA-2A clone) achieves that. I've read numerous reviews and watched many YouTube videos and the people who get the most out of these units are the ones that use them properly. The negative reviews are from people who are either unmiitigated gear snobs, or they are just plain using it wrong! I confess I was sceptical at this price (and I got an open box deal for a lot less!) but the proof is in the recordings. I absolutely love it and have no problem telling my fellow audio producers that I proudly use Klark Teknik gear. I also have a couple of bits of Behringer gear, as well as some high end gear, and I have been doing this since the 1980s.

I have seen some reviews of this saying it does not impart flavour to the tone and it does not have a natural driven compression feel. To my mind this is missing the point of this unit I use it on a very natural setting to just capture the rogue transients which it does well. For warmth and flavour I use the Klark Teknik KT2A compressor after the KT76 it has a much slower attack and release than the KT76, again used subtly both create professional sounding results. Off course not even these two a work as stand alone units you will need a pre amp signal to bring your signal up to the appropriate level at the input of the KT76 to start off with. Final thoughts - If you cannot afford the originals of these units (and who can) Klark Teknik units give you an great 'bang for the buck’ results at a fraction of the cost.

A good clean compressor at a great price.

Does job, much like MXR pedal. VU goes VU

Amazing unit for the prize and blew my mind away

Excelente, funciona perfecto para guitarras y voces. Buena relación en calidad precio.

Le compresseur 76-KT fonctionne correctement. Cependant, le vu-metre n'était pas bien calibré par rapport à l'autre exemplaire que je possède déjà. Les potentiomètres sont un petit peu moins ferme aussi. Les autocollants argentés qu'il y a au sommet des potentiomètres étaient décollés à la livraison. Mais une fois le vu-metre calibré avec son jumeau, le compresseur fonctionne correctement et en parfaite coordination avec mon autre exemplaire. Par contre, j'ai remarqué sur les deux que les potars d'attaque et de relâchement sont pas hyper précis, il faut tendre l'oreille pour bien entendre les variations. C'est pour moi un compresseur qui évidemment n'égale pas son illustre ancêtre, mais malgré ça, pour un tel prix je trouve qu'il fait très largement le boulot. C'est un compresseur qui a un très bon rapport qualité-prix.

I love this guy, makes a really nice job on vocals, percussions, and acoustic guitars. FET compression with very fast attack is a must in the studio.

Exelente !