torn between Lexicon and T.C... !

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best unit for warm, rich, beautiful music?

  • Lexicon MX200

    Votes: 9 64.3%

  • T.C. Electronics M300

    Votes: 5 35.7%
  • Total voters
    14
jeez...

....man, what were those guys at lexicon thinking? ........... doesn't that do some small damage to the unit, constantly plugging and unplugging it?
 
endserenading81 said:
....man, what were those guys at lexicon thinking? ........... doesn't that do some small damage to the unit, constantly plugging and unplugging it?
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No more than flipping the switch does.
 
mixsit said:
Puzzled here. When can you not change it? Do you mean once the two track mix is printed?
Wayne
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Oh, when the effect is recorded with the signal. I like to audition the effect on a dry track. You Know what I'm talking about, Wayne. I have a friend, who cannot play his electric without the reverb knob on 10. I will give him tons of verb his headphones, but record the guitar dry. We add the reverb later. Or NOT!
 
Richard Monroe said:
I've used both, and prefer the M300, primarily fo its ability to bypass the effects and use it as a standalone 2 channel A-D/D-A convertor. I also find it a simpler unit to set up and use.-Richie
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The MX200 can also be used as a standalone ADA converter. If you put it in "dry track" mode you can send a dry signal out the SPDIF, and send an effected signal from the analog outs. Great for getting a little verb in the phones or monitors while recording a dry track. (or just using the ad)

I have the MX200. I'm not really impressed. I don't like the plates, which is a shame. The chamber verbs are cool, they have an intresting vibe. Some of the effects are neat. The audition feature is fun. I got mine for $150, so that pulled me toward the lex over the TC.
 
And oh yeah, there's really no problem not having a switch on the unit. A few of my boxes are switchless. A rack power conditioner is good to have. I just have everything on a master switch. Any power strip would work.
 
I know.....I just thought it was kinda cheesy not to place an on/off switch on it.....They had me looking hard to see if perhaps there was a multi function on one of the knobbies that served as a power switch. :rolleyes:

Yep, everything I got gets filtered/switched via power conditioner/strip...But still, I never seen many items without their own switch....Maybe it's cause it's powered off a wall wart.

I got a cordles mic receiver I ain't turned off in two years cause it too ain't got no power switch and it has a wall wart...Just too danged hard to dig back there and unplug it, so I leave it powered up....I guess I could plug it into a strip and switch it there.

This would make a great poll question: "how many items you got that ain't got an on/off switch"? :D
 
cortexx said:
my soundcraft mixer also has no power switch :confused:
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I wonder is there is a reason for that?....I know they ain't trying to save a buck per component by leaving out the on/off switch....Maybe if folks are forced to use power stips/conditioners for switching, then they have fewer returns due to power spikes.

My mixer/processor/effects rack has grown to the point that I don't want it all powering up at once off one switch...I prefer to first turn on the power strip/conditioner, then just what I need as I need it....I don't want my tube stuff in the loop when it all surges up.
 
yea and if you saw where the power cable plugs into the mixer (underneath recess ) you would understand why this is such a retarded omission.

The power rack should be powered up first then everthing that runs off it powered up starting with sources first through to speakers last . That way you dont get any horrible pops through your equipment. :cool: cant do that if half your gear has no power switch .
 
Hold out and save some more ahd get a TC M one. The M 300 is good, probably better than any new lixi unit under the 550 but the M 0ne will let you talor everything exactly to your needs.

I got a loan of one last week and my lexi MPX100 is making way for an M one in my rack as soon as budget allows. You can use the M one as a stand alone convertor and it's good, real good...I can hear the difference from my Delta 1010
 
Gnash5150 said:
I Love myTC M One XL! It's $399, but it has more routing, and effect variations than all the others that I have tried. Worth the extra hun, in my opinion! :D
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I second that; I love my M One XL! Had I have had the extra $$$ I probably would have opted for the Kurzweil Rumour though.
 
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