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DL32 coming in October
Kev tyler:
Wow
Berry might as well abandon the xr12
:thu:
WK154:
I need to bring my sledge to the next gig see if it survives. :lol: On a serious note it's about all they have left to hang their hat on.
robbocurry:
All grumping aside, my DL hasn't given me anything but good service. My first Presonus desk and other assorted Behringer kit had their share of problems. Everybody seems to be welcoming Behringer with open arms, what about a bit of generosity Mackie's way? Who do you think has the bigger trail of wreckage behind them? I sold my two Presonus desks when I got the DL, IMHO I got better results from the DL. Also the DL didn't give me random shocks when touching the chassis! Presonus aren't "all that" in my opinion either.....
The upshot is that I will be giving the DL32 a fair chance and not discarding it before anyone has even laid hands on it. I know it's the trend here to slate everything Mackie does but why shouldn't they have a share of the cheap analog market? There will be buyers for that gear. Maybe other people here don't take small jobs? I take all work I can get, big and small. Why should Mackie be any different? They may make 10x more from sales of the new little mixers than they will from the DL series. They probably won't have as much bitching to deal with either.
The constant tirade against Mackie on this forum is getting very boring.
Maybe we've learnt all we can about the current DL because I see very little being posted lately that would benefit any new users.
Kev tyler:
I am not running mackie down unduly, but it's getting a bit silly bringing out a bigger version of a product that seems to have a problem or two in its current form.
I was going to buy a dl last month, thank goodness I found this forum,
I think the criticism of them for charging for cheap bits of metal for rack ears applies to all the companies in fairness, but the bits of plastic and the Adaptors, the pricing for them is ott. Why didn't they equip the mackie dl with a short trailing lead after the iPad upgrade, it's a bit stupid having to buy an adaptor for 50 quid, what if you have an old and a new pad, and want to dock both? You can't, bloody stupid.
How much do you think the dl32 will be
And is a mixer like the dl 1608 at 1200 euros that can only be used with a 500 euro pad, priced right ?
It's not really mean what I am suggesting is it.
I would love a dl, but 500 euros is all it's worth to me.
Cheers
Kev
robbocurry:
I agree the accessories in the uk are way overpriced, I was going to convert my DL to lightning but it wasn't worth the cost. Uk markup, not sure Mackie is entirely to blame, the parts here are via a 3rd party distributor.
You can't seriously expect Mackie not to develop new products because ithe DL is not "perfect"? If every manufacturer adopted that attitude we'd still be driving Ford model T v54.6! New models replace and improve on old models. People buy discounted old version cars knowing the new model is to be released. The DL is a perfectly saleable item.
I paid nearly £1k for my DL and don't regret it. At the time it was new and innovative, with every new product I was sure it would drop in price at some stage.
You're glad you found this forum because you nearly bought a DL.
Your ingestion of all the recent guff on this forum has steered you away.
There is very little wrong with the DL.
Docked iPad "white noise" non issue, is it a problem? Only for a handful of people. It really isn't a big problem. If you have it it's easy to work around.
As a powerful, compact, reasonable quality digital desk it will meet the requirements of most users.
There are probably 1000's of users who use the DL regularly who are happy.
The vocal 0.001% is what you have here and a few don't even own a DL.
Take everything posted here with a pinch of salt.
Go and try one out, make up your own mind.
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