Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Hi all (bit of a newbie on this group)

If you can still find it (it's been discontinued, but still seems to 
be in a lot of shops, at least here in the UK) then the Mackie LM3204 
does a similar job to the Speck, for about a quarter of the price! 
Gorgeous little mixer... I'm looking to get one in the next few weeks.

Personally, I use Soundcraft Spirit mixers, which are great, although 
the band I was in had a few Behringers, which were OK for live use 
(bit noisy for recording). Then again, I think Spirit mixers are a 
lot cheaper in the UK than they are in the US, relatively speaking at 
least.

For monitors, best decent priced ones I've heard are the Mackie 
HR624's... I don't like the Alesis ones either. Tannoy Reveal are OK, 
as are Behringer Truth. Sorry, I don't know much about passive 
monitors, I've not used any for a long while.

Martin

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Ezra Gold" <ezra_gold@y...> wrote:
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "biz" <biz@g...> wrote:
> > Welcome to the wonderful world of gear aquisition...
> > 
> > What's your budget? What, no limit did you say?
> > 
> > http://www.speck.com/xmix_2.shtml
> > http://www.genelec.com/products/1037c/1037c.php
> > 
> > Alternately, you could get a behringer line mixer for $100...
> > 
> > Speakers are a sliding scale, and you usually >do< get what you 
> pay for. 
> > 
> > bIz
> > 
> Wow, you have expensive tastes. That is the coolest little mixer I 
> have seen. It's a shame that I would have to sell my car to afford 
> it.
> 
> I too am dissapointed in my Yamaha digital mixer (promix 01). I 
> later picked up an old Hill 4-bus that was cheaper (used), sounds 
> better and dosen't keep coming up with dead channels. My friends 
> have had reliability issues with low end Mackie desks. I have been 
> discouraged from looking at them ever since. The Allen & Heath mix-
> wizard series seem to be the best built under $1000 and I have had 
> only good experiences with thier bigger GL series mixers.
> 
> On the monitor front, nothing beats Dynaudio for me. Event has the 
> best reputation for less expensive monitors among my friends. 
> Genelec (noted for good imaging) and Mackie (noted for a big bottom 
> end) monitors are also well respected. It is a rather personal 
> decision so pick a quiet Tuesday afternoon to audition the things 
at 
> a music store. 
> 
> --Ezra