If that new line of A Ranges (which by all accounts I've ever heard was a piece of shit compared to the original) is redesigned Malcolm, that will be really cool. Since MTA had been started, I don't recall him doing anything discrete. I own one of the first MTA 980s they sold, and it's just such a great fucking console for making rock and roll.
Rob Harvey rigged up 8 stereo pairs (16 total) of A Range modules for some guy here in LA, and they wound up on eBay last year. Work was slow for me at the time, so I couldn't justify buying even more pres and EQs. However, I was very, very close to talking myself into getting them. Talk about sexy. All those sliders in a row.
BTW, since I'm only familiar with the A Range from Cherokee, anybody care to comment on the B Range? Purple Audio had been selling a bunch of pairs of those that they reracked last year. Also, since nobody mentioned it as another pre/EQ option, somebody is making Quad Eight modules again. Anybody care to comment on the reissues?
And Fletcher, how do the new 1073s sound compared to the old? I don't know anybody with first hand experience.