What our artists, producers and engineers say about Mercury Recording Equipment

"The Mercury EQs are quite original. All the tone of a classic tube equalizer, but without the noise—and much more power... Nothing sounds quite like an old Pultec, but Mercury EQs are among the best sounding tube equalizers on the planet."

Joe Chiccarelli (The Raconteurs, The White Stripes, My Morning Jacket, Beck, Jason Mraz, Morrissey)

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"If you need something to sound big, use the Mercury M72s... It sounds amazing!"

Michael Wagener (Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Extreme)

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"My racks have shrunk drastically over the last couple of years, but the Mercury EQH1s are there to stay."

Fabrice 'Fab' Dupont (Grammy Nominated Recording and Mastering Engineer)

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"My pair of Mercury EQ-P1s gets used on kick and snare in every tracking session and on the mix bus in every mixing session."

Jack Shirley (Owner/Engineer @ Atomic Garden, SF, CA; Credits: Deafheaven, Whit, Loma Prieto, Joyce Manor, Tony Molina)

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"3D with warm attitude... More flexibility than vintage counterparts."

Jon Altschiller (Engineer, Producer, and Owner of 'Chiller Sound' - NY, NY; Credits: Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Ben Folds Five, Simon and Garfunkel)

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"The I.S.T. Switch gives me the power of two different sounding equalizers in one... REALLY SMART."

Matt Knobel (Lenny Kravitz, Mika, Lauren Hill)

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"I wouldn't be caught without these great EQs!"

Steve Kempster (Producer/Engineer and Film Scoring Mixer in the Music and Film Industry; Award-Winning Projects: The Lion King, Training Day, Brother Bear, Collateral, Dances with Wolves)

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"Whether it's for tracking huge sounding overdubs, making a stripped-down song sound full, or making any track step through a full mix, the Mercury 66 delivers with amazing smoothness and tone."

Bobby Tis (Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi)

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"I cannot track or mix without these two beautiful Mercury 66 limiting amplifiers."

Jim Zumpano (Owner, Producer, Engineer, Mixer @ ZAC Recording, Atlanta, GA; Credits include: Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Kansas, Collective Soul)

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"I thought the Mercury 66 sounded better than the original 'vintage' Fairchild."

Scott Humphrey (Producer/Engineer/Mix Engineer; Credits include: Motley Crue, Korn)

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"The Mercury 66 is God's Gift to Bass Guitar"

Tony Terrebonne (Chief Engineer - ZAC Recording, Atlanta., GA. Credits include: Keri Hilson, Usher, Akon, T Pain, Tinsley Ellis Ne-Yo)

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"I used the Mercury M72s (D.I. - NO AMPS) for every track of my album Driven."

Johnny A

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"I like to think of the M72s as my secret weapon!"

Jordan C. Zur (FOH engineer Dwight Yoakam)

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"The M72s brings the vocal up in your face in a mix. When you’re singing, you can distinguish every little nuance."

Ricky Skaggs

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"Our go-to preamp... Very flexible... the M76m is incredible."

John Hill (Florence + The Machine, Charli XCX, Eminem, Bleachers, Phantogram)

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"Marquette Audio Labs makes great racks of first-class gear. David and M.A.L. are so skilled they can make extraordinary gear that feels like magic."

Lyle Workman (Musician, Composer, Producer, Engineer; Credits include: Sting, Sarah McLachlan, Frank Black)

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"We started as total strangers... but Dave Marquette outfitted my entire home studio with beautiful vintage mic pres (Neve 1073s & Telefunken V76s), microphones, compressors, and a console. Marquette Audio Labs is my West Coast connection for empty rack space.

Anita Baker

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"I had Marquette Audio Labs rack two Vintage Siemens V276 mic pre modules for me. David did a fantastic job; the engraving is first class, and it's simply beautiful. With features like a phantom power switch, LED indicator, transformer-balanced direct input, phase switches, and power switch, it’s top-notch. The wiring is meticulous.

Paul Reed Smith (PRS)

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'We got the Mercury M72s and Love It. Its BIG, Smooth, 3D, Rich, & Euphonic"

Doug McBride (GRAVITY STUDIOS - CHICAGO, IL. USA)

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"Marquette Audio Labs has provided me with great gear, great service and some very interesting vintage alternatives to "the usual vintage stuff" ...All put together in the most beautiful, highest quality rack solutions I have ever seen. If your Pro Tools rig needs some good old analog warmth and punch, get some beautifully revived NEVE, CALREC, OR TELEFUNKEN modules from Marquette Audio Labs and use those inserts!!!"

Chris Fudurich (American Bed, Simple Minds)

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"I felt that the Mercury 666 ends to leave its mark on whatever it processed (pun intended) It's a versatile compressor, and it can rein in sounds while doing something quite euphonic - I was always pleasantly surprised. I'm glad Mercury decided to "update this unit instead of just copying what came before, as the extra Attack/Release settings and other controls add a lot of flexibility to the Mercury 666."

Larry Crane - TAPE OP MAGAZINE
Flexible and impressive-sounding..what a great job it can do as a smooth, transparent vocal compressor, but when used on sources with more defined transients it can be nothing short of transformative... As a drum room 'smasher' you can get huge, crunchy-style effects that can be easily shaped to taste using the EQ section and the blend control, and loved how the Mercury 666 could add snap and presence to the kick or snare close mics — again, I could often then enhance the result with a quick turn of the Low and High EQ controls. its really handy to have those here."

Neil Rogers, SOUND ON SOUND MAGAZINE
"What like the most about the Mercury 666 is how David has balanced a rich vintage tone and compression "feel" with a well-chosen set of modern features. It really feels and sounds like using a rare relic from the past with the versatility and dependability of a modern design."

Paul Vnuk Jr. - RECORDING MAGAZINE
The Mercury 666 Studio Limiting Amplifier is devilishly good sounding because it is based on the classic yet little known single-channel Fairchild 666 Limiter. Mercury's David Marquette took care of a lot of the classics inherent limitations and quirks and went on to include modern design features to make it more flexible and allow it to operate like the variable-Mu Fairchild 660 670 limiters... Between Threshold, DC Adjust, the Baxandall EQ, and the Wet/ Dry control, there are many sonic possibilities... with the Mercury 666 - another classic - sounding compressor!"

Barry Rudolph, Contributing Technical Editor: MIX MAGAZINE

What our artists, producers and engineers say about Mercury Recording Equipment

"The Mercury EQs are quite original. All the tone of a classic tube equalizer, but without the noise—and much more power... Nothing sounds quite like an old Pultec, but Mercury EQs are among the best sounding tube equalizers on the planet."

"If you need something to sound big, use the Mercury M72s... It sounds amazing!"

"My racks have shrunk drastically over the last couple of years, but the Mercury EQH1s are there to stay."

"My pair of Mercury EQ-P1s gets used on kick and snare in every tracking session and on the mix bus in every mixing session."

"3D with warm attitude... More flexibility than vintage counterparts."

"The I.S.T. Switch gives me the power of two different sounding equalizers in one... REALLY SMART."

"I wouldn't be caught without these great EQs!"

"Whether it's for tracking huge sounding overdubs, making a stripped-down song sound full, or making any track step through a full mix, the Mercury 66 delivers with amazing smoothness and tone."

"I cannot track or mix without these two beautiful Mercury 66 limiting amplifiers."

"I thought the Mercury 66 sounded better than the original 'vintage' Fairchild."

"The Mercury 66 is God's Gift to Bass Guitar"

"I used the Mercury M72s (D.I. - NO AMPS) for every track of my album Driven."

"I like to think of the M72s as my secret weapon!"

"The M72s brings the vocal up in your face in a mix. When you’re singing, you can distinguish every little nuance."

"Our go-to preamp... Very flexible... the M76m is incredible."

"Marquette Audio Labs makes great racks of first-class gear. David and M.A.L. are so skilled they can make extraordinary gear that feels like magic."

"We started as total strangers... but Dave Marquette outfitted my entire home studio with beautiful vintage mic pres (Neve 1073s & Telefunken V76s), microphones, compressors, and a console. Marquette Audio Labs is my West Coast connection for empty rack space.

'We got the Mercury M72s and Love It. Its BIG, Smooth, 3D, Rich, & Euphonic"

"What like the most about the Mercury 666 is how David has balanced a rich vintage tone and compression "feel" with a well-chosen set of modern features. It really feels and sounds like using a rare relic from the past with the versatility and dependability of a modern design."