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Our Equipment

Vintage Vibe, Modern Clarity
Spice House Sound has a unique, innovative philosophy for our equipment. We believe that our system should record and reproduce the clearest, largest, and warmest sounding audio technically possible. Alex Santilli spent years building and rebuilding every circuit of our recording and reproduction equipment to ensure a clarity of sound well beyond the standards of professional audio. The exciting thing is, with such a pure input system, you can color the sounds purposefully to sound like anything the heart desires.

When you can hear more than most mastering engineers ever do, you make better sonic choices for your record.

Microphones

  • AKG C-12a
  • AKG C414 B-ULS (2x)
  • AKG D 1000E
  • BSA M251 (Custom ELAM 251 clone)
  • Beyer Dynamic M201 (x3)
  • Beyerdynamic M 88 TG
  • Beyerdynamic M 160
  • Bruno Labs Velotron Dynamic
  • Coles 4038 (x2)
  • Electro Voice RE-20
  • Electro Voice 665
  • Lomo 19a10
  • Microtech Gefell M300 (x2)
  • Microtech Gefell UM70 (x2)
  • Neumann U47 FET
  • Neumann U67 Klaus Heyne Edition
  • Neumann U87 Klaus Heyne Edition
  • Neumann M582 w/ Gefell UM70 (x2) (Matched pair by Andreas Grosser)
  • U47 FET (Stam Audio Clone)
  • RCA BK-5B
  • Schoeps CMC-4 (x2)
  • Sony C-800G
  • Soyuz 013 FET (x2)
  • Soyuz 017 Tube
  • Shure Beta 58
  • Shure SM57 (x3)
  • Shure SM58
  • Shure SM57 (Vintage American)
  • Shure SM-7b
  • Sennheiser E945 (x3)
  • Unidyne 5455D

Keys

  • Kawai KG-1E Medium Grand Piano*
  • Hammond Organ M3
  • Wurlitzer 200A
  • Fender Rhodes 73 Mark I Suitcase Model
  • Roland EP-30 '70's
  • 49 Key USB semi weighted midi piano

Pedals

  • Kord DTR Tuner
  • Vintage Big Muff

Outboard Gear

  • Lynx Aurora (n) 32 Channel Mastering Converters
  • Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor (x2)
  • 1073 Preamplifiers (clones) (x2)
  • 1176 rev D (custom built) (x2)
  • Federal 864 by Magnetone
  • D.W. Fearn VT-4 Matched Pair
  • D.W. Fearn VT-2 Microphone Preamplifier
  • Tube Tech PE 1C (x2)
  • Ecoplate III stereo plate reverb (Jim Williams Modified)
  • Altec 438a (modified)
  • Spectra Sonics 610 (vintage)
  • Radial JD-7
  • Funk Logic Palindrometer
  • Echoplex EP-3
  • Helios 0011/Stereo 2-Channel Mic Pre/EQ by H2 Audio
  • Knif Vari Mu II Mastering Compressor
  • Knif Eksa Mastering Equalizer
  • Tube Tech CL 1B
  • Retro Instruments 176 (2x)
  • Thermionic Culture Vulture Mastering Edition
  • Spectra 1964 v610 Complimiter (2x)

Computers / Software

  • Custom Built Mac
  • Apollo UAD-2 Quad
  • Pro Tools
  • Ableton 11
  • Melodyne Studio
  • Auto Tune Pro
  • Waves Complete
  • Ozone 9
  • Izotope RX 9
  • Fabfilter Total
  • Soundtoys 5.3
  • Dmg Limitless, Compassion, and Equality
  • and many more

Guitar & Bass Amps

  • '66 Fender Princeton Amp with Celestion Gold
  • Vox AC30 Hand Wired Guitar Amplifier with Alnico Blues
  • '65 Ampeg Reverberocket
  • '75 Ampeg VT-22
  • Fender Bassman '67 (Sean Hur Modified to '64)
  • Ampeg SVT-410
  • Leslie 147 with preamp pedal
  • Orange Micro Terror

Drums

  • Yahama Recording Custom Kit '78 22x16, 13x9, 16x16
  • Ludwig 6-ply maple 22 inch kick
  • Yamaha 7000 Toms 70's 12x8, 13x9, 16x16
  • Ludwig Supraphonic 14x5 60's
  • Ludwig Black Beauty 14 x 6.5
  • Yamaha Maple Custom 5.5 x 14 w/ diecast hoops '90
  • Ludwig Gold Sparkle Down Beat Kit 1960’s - Gold Sparkle, 20x14, 12x8, 14x14
  • Ludwig Pioneer 6 lug 14x5 Snare pre serial number, 1966
  • Ludwig Jazz Fest '68 14 x 6.5
  • Ludwig Acrolite '68
  • 60's Zildjian 20in Avedis Ride customized by Stack Ring Percusssion
  • 60's/50's Zildjian Hit Hats
  • 16`` Paiste Master Dark Crash
  • 18`` Paiste Master Dark Crash
  • High hat stand
  • Cymbal stands (x3)
  • DW 5000 Turbo Kick Pedal
  • And a rotating cast of vintage cymbals

Monitoring

  • Custom Made 3-Way Farfield Speakers with four 12 inch subs. 550w/channel
  • Yamaha NS-10
  • Power Modules Belles 350a Audiophile Amplifier
  • Power Modules Belles 350a Monoblocks (2x)
  • Adcom GFA 555 (2x) (Jim Williams and in-house modified)
  • Adcom GFA 545 (in-house modified and restored)
  • Furmann HD-6 headphone mixing system (6 remotes)
  • Direct Sound EX-29 Headphones (3x)
  • Sennheiser HD280PRO Headphones (x4)
  • Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Headphones (x2)
  • Superlux HD668B Headphones
  • Beyerdynamic DT 252 Single-Ear Headphone

Misc

  • 2x Radial JDI Passive Direct Box
  • 2x Radial JDI Active Direct Box
  • 2x Radial JDI Duplex Stereo DI
  • Music Stands (5x)

Console

  • Auditronics 710, 24 Track Inline console
  • Modified with a Direct Coupled Design and Precision Op-amps for pristine clarity
  • Jensen 990- based Transamp Preamps
  • Jensen Output Transformers
  • LF353-based Broad Spectrum EQs
1514 E Wilt St, Philadelphia, PA 19125