Message 24/24
Date: 17-Apr-02 @ 08:12 PM -
RE: Mackie alternatives
I haven't gigged with Allen & Heath, so I can't say much about their durability in that department. However, I did have the chassis of a MixWizard get
crushed by UPS (when shipped in the original packaging no less) that still functioned perfectly, or at least as perfectly as physically possible in a mangled chassis. Of course, this is purely anecdotal.
I will agree that the Mackies are nigh indestructible; I've owned a half-dozen of them over the years without a single problem. They are good for live sound, but they aren't so great in the studio (in my opinion, anyway). I've never used Behringer or Spirit, so I can't say much about them; I generally try to avoid that range of mixer based on the opinions of people I trust. I'm not a UK mixer-phile by any means (after all, I use Japanese digital), I'm just saying that I've seen a lot of nice sounding analog systems come out of the UK and I tend to assume that if I pay decent money I'm likely to get something I'll like the sound of.