Alternatives to buying a mackie for a main console?

[Aloha]

Looking to get a decent mixing board for the studio. Budget is $5000 CAD tops. Any good alternatives to the mackie in that price range?

 

[fldrummer]

Soundcraft maybe. How many channels/busses you need?
http://www.soundcraft.com/product_sheet.asp?product_id=27

 

[Simman]

Ditto, Soundcraft.

 

[Aloha]

24 or 32 chanels would be cool.

 

[gorbyrun]

Perhaps a used Yamaha O2R. I see them on EBay for about $2000 US.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2575924630&category=41475

 

[fenix]

the protools mixer!

 

[regebro]

What other requirements do you have? Does it have to be new?

 

[malcolm123]

Tascam DM-24

The new ones that is. They fixed the trim pots and the power supply problems.