MusicTech Reviews the 5057 Orbit

“Having spent time with the 5057, it is clear that the significant headroom, to-the-horizon bandwidth and low noise floor make effortless what can take some fiddling in the digital domain.”

“The effect of driving the 5057 is…akin to pushing a quality mix console’s output, which is in the Neve wheelhouse. The harmonic saturation conjured from the output transformers may differ across mixes, but it is almost always pleasing, imbuing a sense of depth in the way that analogue cheerleaders always bang on about.”

“The Orbit may be simple, but it meets the brief with no cut corners and enough extra sauce to lift stems or thicken a mix before you’ve even reached for a bus compressor.”

– Robbie Stamp, MusicTech (September 2021)