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RE: New Mixer for a Young Band

Posted by harecording (P) on August 19, 2008 at 18:46:12

In Reply to: New Mixer for a Young Band posted by Skye on August 18, 2008 at 19:51:28:

Carvin is junk. Plastic centered pots, etc. CHEAP, noisy.

Allen and Heath build quality is iffy. When I was a dealer, they would send products that they new were DOA, with replacement powers supplies for us to swap in the field. The Zed is their entry level. I would pass.

I would do the Mackie Onyx out of those listed. It is a good sounding mixer, has minimal phase on the channel strips, the EQ is a step up from the others. They are tough mixers.

If you can do used, a good mixer would be a used Soundcraft 200Delta. They are built like a tank, have metal pots, where the last discrete console that they made at that level. You can get some mods from Jim Williams at Audio Upgrades. That is what many audiphile symphony recorder folks have done. Those mixers sound big, have headroom, low noise, and great EQs.

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