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<blockquote data-quote="Arik Semagin" data-source="post: 123385" data-attributes="member: 5072">Re: New Midas M32 ConsoleExactly, Per! Who the F. cares? X32 sounds great, is well worth its price and Behringer keeps improving it with every firmware release. If someone is willing to throw another $2K for MIDAS badge (to please certain customers), let them have it! I don&#039;t really care if M32 was developed entirely by X32 team with some MIDAS R&amp;D input. Practically, at $5K (in US) MIDAS Pro 1 makes more sense than M32: More channels, 96K all the way, MIDAS pres, flexible routing AND no more of &quot;the same&quot; or &quot;not the same&quot; talks! I&#039;ve seen Pro 1 popping up even on eBay below $6K! It&#039;s all marketing and Behringer is damn good at it! Some people will buy a Volkswagen, those who care about name badge will pay more for Audi, those with less $$$ will get Skoda: The same car with different logos at the grille and some non-significant differences .....If Uli would&#039;ve bought DiGiCo or A&amp;H, I&#039;m pretty sure there will be versions of X32 stamped with these names, respectively, for those who care about name badge. Otherwise.... frankly, do you really need SD9 or Pro-2 for a club gig in front of less than 100 people?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arik Semagin, post: 123385, member: 5072"] Re: New Midas M32 Console Exactly, Per! Who the F. cares? X32 sounds great, is well worth its price and Behringer keeps improving it with every firmware release. If someone is willing to throw another $2K for MIDAS badge (to please certain customers), let them have it! I don't really care if M32 was developed entirely by X32 team with some MIDAS R&D input. Practically, at $5K (in US) MIDAS Pro 1 makes more sense than M32: More channels, 96K all the way, MIDAS pres, flexible routing AND no more of "the same" or "not the same" talks! I've seen Pro 1 popping up even on eBay below $6K! It's all marketing and Behringer is damn good at it! Some people will buy a Volkswagen, those who care about name badge will pay more for Audi, those with less $$$ will get Skoda: The same car with different logos at the grille and some non-significant differences ..... If Uli would've bought DiGiCo or A&H, I'm pretty sure there will be versions of X32 stamped with these names, respectively, for those who care about name badge. Otherwise.... frankly, do you really need SD9 or Pro-2 for a club gig in front of less than 100 people? [/QUOTE]

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