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Becos FX CompIQ Stella Pro Compressor MK2 gets a Guitar Pedal X Spotlight Review
The CompIQ Stella Pro MK2 has garnered high praise from Guitar Pedal X, being likened to a studio rack compressor packed into a pedal format generously naming it ‘King of Compressors’. Highlighted as the most powerful and tweakable option in its category, the Stella impressed with its surgical precision and pristine output quality, reminiscent of top-tier reverb pedals. Guitar Pedal X’s initial impressions underlined the device’s precision and fidelity, noting its even, predictable control sweeps and the ability to finely define compression characteristics.
They find that in practical use, the Stella shines with its straightforward basic setup, where users can achieve excellent results with just the core Ratio, Threshold, and Gain controls. Additional features like Fast or Slow Auto Timing, Hard/Soft Knee, and Feed-Forward or Feed-Back Side Chain Feed provide further versatility without complicating operation as long as the parameters are understood. Guitar Pedal X concluded that the Stella stands out as the premier choice for a pro studio-style pedal compressor, offering unparalleled comprehensiveness and fine control in its form factor.
As Guitar Pedal X succinctly summarizes:
To my mind the Stella is the very best Pro Studio Style Pedal Compressor you can currently get – there really is nothing else at this level / form factor and degree of surgical precision – really nothing out there is more comprehensive and finely controllable than the CompIQ Stella! – Stefan Karlsson, Guitar Pedal X
Thank you, GPX, for explaining the pedal so well. We’re excited to read more from you in your future articles.
