Re: Grumpy guy observation about the X32 thread
No wrestling necessary: this is crystal ball territory, there are no winners or losers of opinions, no right or wrong. This is an Internet forum, and these words will still be here once we are both dead grumpy old men. Time will be the ultimate arbiter, and in three, five, ten years, we'll have seen how it all turns out.
You have the track record here, and have actually lived and breathed this stuff, whereas I'm just a couch pontificator. But I will claim that I hypothesised that Behringer might have another go at a digital mixer two days after the Midas acquisition. I expected it would be another go at a 19 inch format thing, a retake of the ddx1632, which, for its day, wasn't a bad little mixer. A friend still uses one for bar gigs in Greece, so much for Behringer stuff not lasting past the box being opened. I also suggested it would have "powered by Midas" right next to the Behringer logo. Got that wrong, it's next to the model number. What I didn't expect is what we got, which is an attempt to fully upset the apple cart. And that is typical of my expectations, I usually underestimate what someone will actually do.
Please don't misinterpret any of this for a lack of respect; perhaps I should remind that when we were both grumpy younger men you were designing the products that my generation of impecunious sound people were using to make audiences happy, and for that, I and many others, owe you you a debt of gratitude and thanks.
