Peter Janis from Radial Engineering has released a new product line aimed at the high-end studio and/or live engineer. Forest Audio’s first outing is the Q6, a passive EQ with an active front end that has some interesting features for the guitar and bass player. The six-band unit uses passive coils that eliminate phase problems inherent in active EQs. The $2k, single rackspace box also offers +4 or -10dB connections, Drag control to simulate the relationship between an guitar and amp and a separate 5 Mega Ohm input buffer for live use. Its also footswitch controllable to help with quick instrument stages. This should be an interesting box for a multitude of uses, par for the course with Radial.