X32 Rack Price Drop

[WK154]

You're not cheaper with a core, ADAT card and two ADA8200's (799+199?+700 =1698). I'm guessing at the new price for the S16 to be around $699 if it decreased at all.

[Jerrylee]

Of course your not cheaper with a core. That's what I said.

Core is currently $999 wk. not $799 plus you have to have an s16 at $899. Total (rounded) $1900

Rack is $1500.

And the core does not work with adats alone. The s16 is the ins and outs. The Adats work as ins only (At least that what I am understanding). 

And I plan on buying the ada8000 not 8200.  They go cheap on eBay.

If the core does work it would probably be with the 8200s. So the cost would be $999 for the  core, $199 for the card and $700 for 2 8200s. In other words $1900. The same as the core and s16.

Rack wins.

There are probably reasons to have the core and an s16 instead of the rack. One would be when you need the s16 and the core in different locations. Usually for an install. Also if you already have an s16 then adding the core makes sense too. But for the majority if situations the rack is the smarter purchase.

[WK154]

Never disputed the rack value. It and the full X32 are the most cost effective in the lineup. The prices are the new NAMM announced ones, you need to keep up. The ADAT card would replace the Xub card in the rack and should be able to have in and out ADAT capability. I'd advise against the ADA8000 since the basic ADAT chip has been changed to eliminate some past problems. That may come around and bite you down the road. They also had power supply problems with the ADA8000.

[RoadRanger]

Also with ADAT boxes you're back to manual trims

[WK154]

Also with ADAT boxes you're back to manual trims

Details..details..that D.....devil is always in the details. A heaven for knob twiddlers.
An interesting approach for a guy whose main objection to the DL was non-re-callable preamp settings.

[Jerrylee]

Turns out that the new pricing for the x32 rack is only 1199. I got some money back. I do love deals.

All the new pricing can be seen at sweetwater. They always seem to be first. Its getting hard for competitors to keep up with the x32s pricing. Even at 1199 the rack is a steal.

[RoadRanger]

Damn, that sure is a great price!

[WK154]

Let the price wars begin. Here is a deal for the DL1608 at $799. Clearance ?
http://www.ccisolutions.com/StoreFront/product/mackie-dl1608-digital-mixer
The producer X32 is now filling the old rack price at $1499 now that the rack is at $1199.
Unfortunately the S16 is holding at $899  and the ADAT card is at $299, pricey. The X32 compact is now at $1999 much better. Over the next few weeks will see this all settle out as the NAMM holdouts start buying.

[Jerrylee]

Wk, where did you find the adat card price? I have been wondering what it was going to be. $299 is a little ridiculous. I looked last night at the price for the s16. I was curious if sweetwater had dropped the price on that too. I don't know why it would not have dropped. The core dropped $200 and the rack $300. So now the core/s16 combo is $100 more than it was before over the rack. It was $400 more, now its $500 more. The only thing I can think of for keeping the s16 at a higher price point is that it's compatible with more that just the x32 line. Therefore, more people than just x32 owners are buying them. I think it should be more like 599. And if the adat card is $299 it is making the s16 look a lot better.

Regarding the CCI clearance price for the dl. CCI is not a big company. They are trying to get the church market. Some companies will not even price match them. They are probably getting rid of their dl stock. What I do like about them is that they stay on top of things. Their youtube guy has a lot of informative info. He is usually first at getting new items on youtube. And he does a great job.

[Jkowtko]

Too bad behringer's holding their x32 rack price point at 1500 .. If they dropped it a few hundred I bet they would consume this market pretty quickly.

... and there you go! ... advertised @ $1199 at FullCompass.

[Jerrylee]

This is for wk. I told you I would put the rack on top of the dl1608.

[robbocurry]

The price hasn't dropped here in the UK yet.