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DL vs X32 Sonic Quality

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stevegarris:
I have a friend who works for a sound company, telling me I need to dump my Mackie board due to its poor sonic quality. He suggests the X series Behringer products will produce a far superior sound (or the A&H Qu series). My question to any that have run both boards, is this true and to what extent?

RoadRanger:
That's BS - The Mackie DL1608 is a great sounding mixer. Yes, I've heard both. I have a friend that swears that a Sonic Maximizer is the greatest thing ever - he's an idiot too.

Michael Welter:
I haven't hear the Behringer mixer, but I have a friend who has one, and he loved the sound of my DL32R. I love it, too.

sam.spoons:
I have both, sound wise I don't think there's anything in it though the Berry reverbs are better (but I think the DL ones are perfectly usable in the kind of live setting the DL is intended for, you ain't gonna be running the Glastonbury Pyramid stage with one anytime soon, not even a DL32R TBH).

A pro sound guy for an a-list folk band used my DL on a gig I supplied PA for (so he's a client, rather than a mate) and was very impressed with the sound, including the reverbs. Mackie's Onyx pre's have a good rep in their price range as have the X32's Midas designed mic pre's. We're talking relatively budget mixers here, if a DigiCo didn't sound better I'd be asking why, and both are generally considered better then the erstwhile industry standard 'budget' (though a considerable bigger budget than my X32/DL1608's) Yamaha LS9.

Ignore your mate, he's just playing 'one-upmanship' games (I was going to say wi11y waving :)).

Fluddman:
I have both. With my pa the Mackie sounds a little warmer with the EQ set flat but I can't tell the difference once the EQ is adjusted.

The preamps in both mixers are probably only a few dollars worth of parts - a lot more is spent on marketing!

Master Fader is much more user friendly than x32 mix.

Cheers


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