Firepod Vs. old Spirit Studio

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question,
do the M8 or M16 have sweepable LOWS ?
i love that on my old studiomaster,
but one day i'm gonna replace it with a soundcraft,
can't afford a ghost yet so i'm looking at the M's...

i've never heard a soundcraft M in my life,
so actually don't know what i'm gonna buy,
so i'm depending alot on other peoples comments...
 
Soundcraft 200,400,600 and 800....
Soundtracs Topaz, MR, and the occasional Megas....
Old Tascam models....
Allen Heath System 8 and the occasional GS3....
Allen & Heath Mix Wiz (NEW)....
Old Sony consoles (smaller ones though)....
Wheatstone....
An occasional D&R that would most likely need some maintenance....
TAC Bullet, and maybe even a Scorpion

There is a list of a few. The SOundtracs Topaz is pretty easy to find, and Soundcraft 200's, 400's and 600's are pretty easy to find as well.
 
I agree on the Allen Heaths and the Soundcraft modules but many of the SC mixers are even older than the Spirit line. The Delta units I have repaired tend to have more costly replacements and harder to find parts. The sound of the preamps by the way is not significantly better than the Spirit boards. Rust was also an major issue on many of the Delta products.

Tascam, no way. I have owned many Tascams and they are at best equal to the Spirit Studio board. Many of Tascams do not have phantom power which makes them almost useless today.

Sony, talk about difficult to repair and get parts for. These are at the top of the heap for not being able to find parts.

The rest of the list falls into, if it breaks, you won't be able to fix it unless you know how to use a soldering iron and can find a manual

At this point I think we need to agree to disagree. I stand by the fact that the Spirit Studio boards are an exceptional value.
 
Thats OK if we disagree. We each have the right to our own opinion. I would ask you to notice though that I did not list the SC Delta series. Also, some of the Tascam models are actually sought after consoles. I have NEVER heard of anyone out looking for a Spirit. In general, Soundcraft consoles are pretty easy to repair, and still have many parts available.
 
soundcraft +4dB problem

Hey Noisedude and everybody. Im about to buy a soundcraft spirit live but am worried about this 4dB thing... I read in the manual the tape returns can easily be changed from -10db to +4db by taking out a couple of resistors, but the group out thing worries me. Im upgrading to a 24 track tape machine and I want the whole desk to run at 4+db. Any one know if this is possible? Thanks,
TB
 
It's possible but I don't know how. I don't have a direct line of communication with the engineers who altered ours at uni, but if all else fails I could send round an email or two to try and track down someone who does. See whwat you can find first, though. :)
 
okay... with the older spirit line I've only ever used 3 of them... two were spirit live 16 channel desks... both of them were not particuarly impressive sounding.. and aparently had alot of matinence issues. The other one I used was a spirit studio with 8 mono channels and a couple of streo channels... and that was quite impressive.. the Eq on it wasn't amazing but the pres quite nice

I noticed you mentioned the Allen and heath system 8 up there before... those desks are great (okay.. I am biased though).. I got one of them a few months back because it was going so cheaply (got it for $600 australian) and farout.. before using that desk I'd be learning to avoid eqing at all costs... but the eq's on that almost make things sound better... and the pre's and very thick but still detailed sounding... great desks :)
 
I like soundcraft, but I think those Spirit mixers - at least the ones I tried - suck. M series is OK and the ghost is really awesome in my opinion. I do like the Firepod also.
 
I avoid Spirit consoles like the plague. I would actually prefer a Mackie VLZ. At least then I know what I am getting into.
 
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