From my other posts, our band is putting together a small rack system, but we want room for expansion later, such as subs.
Right now I'm looking at mixers. I would think 12-16 XLR's would be best, but right now my budget is $400-$500 and we don't use that many inputs currently. I'm looking for a decent board in that price range. The local shop feels at the low end price point, brand doesn't matter, I should buy for features. Such as subgroups
These are the 3 boards I'm looking at are
Yamaha MG166CX
Behringer 2442FX
Sound Craft board
Features wise the Behringer board beats them all, quality wise I'm uncertian. The Soundcraft board, lacks onboard efx, but has 12 XLR inputs, but has less sub outs than the others.
Yamaha board has onboard compression, but still not as many outputs as the Behringer.
So what do think about build and component quality on these boards? I'm thinking we would expect the board to last 2-5 years, and if we stay small, may never need a bigger board. So mabye I want it to last longer
I'm leaning toward the Yamaha, but would really like some opinions, even if you think I should consider other brands.
Any comments on Behringer? I've never owned anything from them before.
Cyber