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<blockquote data-quote="Chris Hindle" data-source="post: 109268" data-attributes="member: 552">Re: Midas Pro 1 failureMaybe you should get &quot;out&quot; a bit more Brandon.Why do you thing SOP was 2 power supplies with a switcher just a few short years ago.I&#039;ve personally lost 3 either during sound check or showtime. If it wasn&#039;t for the second power supply, (or an emergency board in the truck - which I carried when I didn&#039;t have a backup power supply), show would have been over. Granted - no failure of the console itself has ever stopped or slowed one of my shows, but a board gone AWOL (Absent WithOut Lectricity) is still a catastrophic failure.At anyhing above bar level, really, &quot;failure is not an option&quot;. You are being paid to put on a show, just do it. No single failure should be able to stop a show, yada, yada.To me, that means spare console &amp; backup crossover/DSP.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t need to be top-of-the-line gear, but the show WILL go on. ** At the price level of the current X32 and such, a spare console (close on hand) is the thing I&#039;d buy right after a beefy UPS if I were putting all my eggs in the digidal basket.Chris.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris Hindle, post: 109268, member: 552"] Re: Midas Pro 1 failure Maybe you should get "out" a bit more Brandon. Why do you thing SOP was 2 power supplies with a switcher just a few short years ago. I've personally lost 3 either during sound check or showtime. If it wasn't for the second power supply, (or an emergency board in the truck - which I carried when I didn't have a backup power supply), show would have been over. Granted - no failure of the console itself has ever stopped or slowed one of my shows, but a board gone AWOL (Absent WithOut Lectricity) is still a catastrophic failure. At anyhing above bar level, really, "failure is not an option". You are being paid to put on a show, just do it. No single failure should be able to stop a show, yada, yada. To me, that means spare console & backup crossover/DSP. Doesn't need to be top-of-the-line gear, but the show WILL go on. ** At the price level of the current X32 and such, a spare console (close on hand) is the thing I'd buy right after a beefy UPS if I were putting all my eggs in the digidal basket. Chris. [/QUOTE]

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