Should I buy... (Page 42 of 87)

tascam 244 in the 40-50 euro range (maybe cheaper if no one else gives a shit)

i need a small, ok to good looking audio mixer to hook up some critters and the djm-400 i use with my turntables is obviously too limited in channel numbers

everybody who's ever been to my place knows that my audio setup looks good but sounds shit. although i'm working on improvements to the latter part.

I've got a Rac-pac and I agree they aren't the most robust pots/faders.  Good mixer overall though I think, just got to be careful with it.

You might like the build quality better on the Mackie, but according to the robots here it's not nearly as good.
I had both at one point and I concur, also, the routing is no as sophisticated, still decent though.

or the sx not as good as te rackpac>>?

The ribbon connector causes some crosstalk I think, is that what you heard?

The build quality of the 1604 I had (1st gen), was good, heavy built, the eqs were OK but not as good as on the RacPac.
The channels didn't have proper direct outs, but they might have fixed that on the later models.

I agree that good compact mixers are hard to find, the market for that kind of crumbled I guess.
It's mixerless, Behringer or high-end now.

have an other option on an gl3 from allen & heat 375 euro but its much bigger

so you guys think the mackie is ok to?
don't care to much about te eq wel it should be there of course but its my synths fx that should make the sound full the eq's on my mixer will be used for.... wel equalizing

man, look on marktplaats, for 375 you can get a full 16 channel d&r  that'll blow any mackie or soundcraft out of the water. then you'll also have eq's that sound good and a nice, full sound where you don't need fx to sound good..:D

These are pretty cool.. cheap, very adjustable, but a big on the big side:

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/ … sku=452069

Ruud most off the d&r mixers being offerd all got isues.
I had one once and i would never ever buy one again.
I would recomend people to get a sony mxp instead or perhaps 2 to link them.
So much better build and so much better preamps and eqs etc.

Anybody that buys a 2nd hand desk must be willing to spends some time and money on it cause any mixer of age will have it's problems, even the mxp's. Not all D&R's are as great as the mxp's, for sure. But there are definitely some that are worth considering. And atleast D&R still supports their old stuff the best they can, which can be a big plus, especially when you live in Holland . But anyway, there's no such thing as a cheap mixer, cheap and 2nd hand means it will probably have issues, cheap and new means it will probably get issues soon

Um, someone locally is listing a working Kurzweil K250 for $60 (yes, sixty). 

I know this thing is supposed to have a great keyboard, but would it be worth the outrageous amount of space it would take up?  Has anyone ever used one of these behemoths before?

i've never worked with the mxp's, but the thing i like about the d&r's is the way they colour your sound. most mixers do, and generally i find small mixers don't colour in a good way. a lot of them make your sound worse rather than better. if those sony's are as good as you say mono, they sound like a very good deal. i'm also a big midas fan when it comes to small mixers, but thats a budget stretcher..

as for problems, i find that an issue that is hugely overrated. what kind of problems do you get with mixers? 99% is crackling pots and dirty faders. all can be cleaned with a relatively small effort. of course you can have issues with power supply caps, or the ribbon cable issue brian told me about. but my experience is that small cheap mixers develop problems with faders and pots much sooner than big mixers, because of the crappy quality of their pots and faders. also big mixers tend to be much more service friendly than small mixers, the real good ones are even modular. hell, on my d&r one channel is constantly feedbacking right now.. so i don't use it, i have 23 left..

so your choice on a small budget is between a small mixer that sounds at best mediocre, and is likely to develop problems in a few years, or a bigger 2nd hand mixer, that is likely to have these issues already, but can be cleaned easily, will have sound hardware of much better quality inside, and will have a much better basic sound. i know what my choice would be..

all equipment will need some TLC at some point if you want it to work properly for many years..