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<blockquote data-quote="Loren Aguey" data-source="post: 82672" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>Re: Presonus 32.4.2Al</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>While I agree $1299 is a nice price for what you get with the 16.0.2, comparing it to the X32 compact is NOT an apples to apples comparison. And therefore saying it costs $700 less is not relevant if you ask me. Without getting into details, the I/O and feature set, and internal processing on the X32 compact is considerably stronger. </p><p></p><p>I've never used any of the Presonus desks, I'm sure they're fine and I know they have a lot of happy owners. But honestly now that the X32 has been out in the wild for a few months with very strong field reports, I don't see why anyone would spend more and get less. If it was going to be a catastrophic failure in terms of reliability would have been apparent by now. I don't see them all hitting the 1 year old mark and all of a sudden taking a huge shit on everyone. Not to mention the SL series appeared to have considerably more problems at its launch in terms of reliability. </p><p></p><p>The new 32 channel SL appears to have a few things on the X32. From a quick read of the feature list I noticed physical direct outs on every channel, 16 available GEQ's without eating up FX, And 14 aux sends also without eating up sub groups. On the other hand, you're locked into that configuration. So if you need more than 4 subgroups it doesn't appear there's much you can do. For some of the corporate stuff I do I have more outputs than inputs, and make heavy use of Matrix outputs, and bus outputs on the X32. The flexibility is key for me. And 16 GEQ's is nice, but I've never needed that many for anything I'd consider using an X32 for. And if I'm on a gig that needs that many GEQ's in addition to FX, a Studio Live is also not an option. </p><p></p><p>Without even getting into motorized faders and recallable preamps, things like not having DCA's or matrix outputs are a big deal when comparing the usablity the two desks. So to the OP, all things considered I see absolutely nothing that justifies paying $1000 more for the Presonus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loren Aguey, post: 82672, member: 654"] Re: Presonus 32.4.2Al While I agree $1299 is a nice price for what you get with the 16.0.2, comparing it to the X32 compact is NOT an apples to apples comparison. And therefore saying it costs $700 less is not relevant if you ask me. Without getting into details, the I/O and feature set, and internal processing on the X32 compact is considerably stronger. I've never used any of the Presonus desks, I'm sure they're fine and I know they have a lot of happy owners. But honestly now that the X32 has been out in the wild for a few months with very strong field reports, I don't see why anyone would spend more and get less. If it was going to be a catastrophic failure in terms of reliability would have been apparent by now. I don't see them all hitting the 1 year old mark and all of a sudden taking a huge shit on everyone. Not to mention the SL series appeared to have considerably more problems at its launch in terms of reliability. The new 32 channel SL appears to have a few things on the X32. From a quick read of the feature list I noticed physical direct outs on every channel, 16 available GEQ's without eating up FX, And 14 aux sends also without eating up sub groups. On the other hand, you're locked into that configuration. So if you need more than 4 subgroups it doesn't appear there's much you can do. For some of the corporate stuff I do I have more outputs than inputs, and make heavy use of Matrix outputs, and bus outputs on the X32. The flexibility is key for me. And 16 GEQ's is nice, but I've never needed that many for anything I'd consider using an X32 for. And if I'm on a gig that needs that many GEQ's in addition to FX, a Studio Live is also not an option. Without even getting into motorized faders and recallable preamps, things like not having DCA's or matrix outputs are a big deal when comparing the usablity the two desks. So to the OP, all things considered I see absolutely nothing that justifies paying $1000 more for the Presonus. [/QUOTE]
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