jpmorris
Tape Wolf
I'm looking to upgrade from my Yamaha MG16/4, and I need something with at least 20 channels. I can get away with one or two being stereo pairs, but no more than that.
There are two units on ebay which have caught my eye at the moment, A Soundtracs Rx-8 (which has channel phase inverters and would probably fit in the existing space), and a Phonic MRS1/20, which may be a little too large and doesn't have phase inverters but which does have per-channel LED metering.
Both of these desk were around £1300 when new and are likely 12 and 9 years old respectively. Apparently the Phonic is NOS, the Soundtracs is used.
After that we have more modern offering like the Peavey PV20 and Soundcraft MPMi20 which are present-day offerings and the suspiciously-cheap Citronics CL204DSP which is probably made in China by slaves or something and has too many ganged channels anyway.
Cost and space are both factors, but at the same time I'd prefer to get something with a reasonable sound and life expectancy. I am not a great user of multiple buses so that is less of a concern.
Any comments on the above-mentioned boards?
There are two units on ebay which have caught my eye at the moment, A Soundtracs Rx-8 (which has channel phase inverters and would probably fit in the existing space), and a Phonic MRS1/20, which may be a little too large and doesn't have phase inverters but which does have per-channel LED metering.
Both of these desk were around £1300 when new and are likely 12 and 9 years old respectively. Apparently the Phonic is NOS, the Soundtracs is used.
After that we have more modern offering like the Peavey PV20 and Soundcraft MPMi20 which are present-day offerings and the suspiciously-cheap Citronics CL204DSP which is probably made in China by slaves or something and has too many ganged channels anyway.
Cost and space are both factors, but at the same time I'd prefer to get something with a reasonable sound and life expectancy. I am not a great user of multiple buses so that is less of a concern.
Any comments on the above-mentioned boards?