I'm thinking of trying something weird and replacing my ollllld home stereo with a mixing console and a medium-end set of computer speakers, patching all my various components (record player, CD player, radio tuner, cassette deck, shortwave radio and an FM wireless hookup to my computer in the other room) into the mixer.
The computer speakers have their own amp, so I'm trying to forego the old static "stack of boxes" setup for something that looks a little more lively.
Being pretty new and low-end with music stuff, I'm finding it VERY difficult to get any decent sense of what's out there in terms of mixers.
Ideally I'd like something that offers a lot of stereo input channels and not so many output channels. I don't need a lot of EQ or buses or aux feeds. I really just need a basic mixer unit with a lotta lotta lotta line-level inputs.
Most of what's out there tends to heavily favour mono channels with a few stereo channels for "flavour." I need the opposite.
Can any of you knowledgeable guru types recommend something on the cheaper end of the spectrum that can do this? I've been sifting through website after website, but one of you could probably save me a LOT of time and trouble.
The computer speakers have their own amp, so I'm trying to forego the old static "stack of boxes" setup for something that looks a little more lively.
Being pretty new and low-end with music stuff, I'm finding it VERY difficult to get any decent sense of what's out there in terms of mixers.
Ideally I'd like something that offers a lot of stereo input channels and not so many output channels. I don't need a lot of EQ or buses or aux feeds. I really just need a basic mixer unit with a lotta lotta lotta line-level inputs.
Most of what's out there tends to heavily favour mono channels with a few stereo channels for "flavour." I need the opposite.
Can any of you knowledgeable guru types recommend something on the cheaper end of the spectrum that can do this? I've been sifting through website after website, but one of you could probably save me a LOT of time and trouble.
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