Yeah, its mostly quality that I'm worried about. Were not too worried about money. We just bought two $12k projectors for a chruch that seats like 1000 people, and not because one wasn't enough, but because we wanted it to be symetrical or something. Personally, I think it was a waste.
The benefits of digital I see, are price, and that everything basically comes in one piece. Personally, I like having outboard stuff which I can change and am not commited to using just whatever's there. And it's not like we need compression on every channel. The spectrum analyzer seems like a good idea, but we could buy one of those separately if we really needed it. The parts don't really age the same way either. They're more consistent throughout their lifetime, but basically you end up with something that's outdated within a year.
With analogue (my personal preference), sure it costs more, but you get more versatility with the ways you can set everything up, i'd say, and it just sounds better. Most people probably wouldn't notice the difference, but I would. And it doesn't get outdated!
It also seems like if we added other outboard gear to the digital console, it wouldn't be a good thing, since there would be another D/A/D conversion going on there. I don't like the idea of using two mixers strapped together either. Maybe there's a way to do it digitally and you don't get all the gain structure problems, but I'd still much rather have one big console.
I dunno, these are my thoughts on it right now.
