How much would you pay for this?

[Nightfire]

Hello,
as you can remember I started a thread last week about cheap analogue desks.
Well while I am ideally looking for a Tascam M-30, I stumbled upon this console.
How much would you pay for this? How are the preamps and EQ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/KELSEY-32-Channe...QQcmdZViewItem

Mike

[_brian_]

I wouldn't bid for it, because of the gay voice over stating that our customers are so very precious & we are an ebay power seller blah blah blah, but that's just me Do they think that shit actually works?

[Dr ZEE]

Mike, first of all I personally have no idea how is this board. I've found something on the net which may be helpful for you get at least some idea if you feel like "investigating".

links:
http://www.soundcitysite.com/sc_webp...elsey_info.htm - documents and couple of links for some kelsey mixers.

here's an old thread at HC with member's post who "...was involved with Kelsey servicing product on the west coast in the Dallas Music Industries days": http://acapella.harmony-central.com/...d.php?t=974778, maybe you can post there.

i've found this parts item at eBay, shows a bit of guts from "some mixer", - http://cgi.ebay.com/10-CHANNEL-STRIP...mZ160250876483

btw, to turn the anoying voice over the seller's page , scroll down to see the banner-like "SellersVoice" thing and click on blue round STOP-button

[Nightfire]

Thank you for the links Dr. Zee
Has anyone ever heard of Kelsey? Is is like the Behringer of the 70s and 80s?


Mike

[RickW]

I used to work in a music store that sold Kelsey back in the 70's. It's not garbage, but it's not top shelf either. That board may be worth what they're charging for shipping plus a few $$, mainly because of its age. They were distributed by Dallas Arbiter along with a few other "English" brands. They were really designed for live work, so if you're looking for something to use for recording, I'm sure that board's been through the ringer and is probably loaded with scratchy pots and dirty connections...and I assume that because it's such a large board that it was most likely used by a sound company or road band. That's a lot of inputs.

Quality-wise, I'd say it's closer to Peavey than Behringer...maybe a tad better...but it's an old board. Recording was a whole different world when this thing was made, so that wasn't what this was designed for. Personally, I'd hold out for the Tascam if that's what you want. Then again, if you're going to use this for live work, I think it could be worth it after a minor refurbishing.

[Nightfire]

Thanks Rick, after reading your post Im pretty sure I will hold off on it.
Its the looks that always get me (that cool talkback mic)


Mike

[Richard King]

Wow... I haven't seen a Kelsey in MANY years. They were actually a very common console back in the late '70 - early '80's. When I worked in the pro audio business back then it seemed that they were always coming in for service, even though the company I worked for wasn't a dealer for them. If you went this route you would need to be aware that this is a live board, not a studio board and because of this has no studio monitoring facility. Also, it was a VERY fragile board in its day requiring a lot of work to keep it going properly. It's not as road worthy as the case would make it appear. The fact that there were so many back then and that you never see them available now pretty much bears this out.

[fisheric]

wow.. i would have paid $10 for that board. just the input output jacks and other stuff you could cannibalize would be worth it. I would have done a local pickup though. it wouldnt be worth the $130 shipping for a gamble.