Re: X16 Preview
Hello
Robert knows - yes I have both X32 and X32 Rack - I love them both - perhaps the rack more now that I am so used to iPad-mixing.
Reason fthat my friend has been so anxious about it is simply expectation of low price - thinking that DL1608 is 1150,-/16/8 - and X32R is 1600,-/22/14 - I am counting the 1/4-jack ins & outs , too could easily be less pricey than DL1608 - perhaps even under 1000,-
Taking in account the impressive sound-quality of X32 and all nice DSP-power X16 seems far more interesting than DL1608
He plays keyboards in dance-music band nd is the soundguy at same time - X16 has plenty of inputs and outputs for his group plus option to use P16M if needed. For him there would be no extra benefit of having the display of X32R - so why pay for it and all extra inputs and outputs.
To Rob
Yes - I remember the announcement of X16 going into major redesign - but maybe Behringer could have put some information on their product page instead of simply removing it.
About redesigning the unit
Personally I never liked the connectors on top of any mixer - the cables go up and turn down to make a messy bundle - perhaps they could take a S16 for connectors and extend the casing a bit to gain space for DSP and iPad - removable rack-ears would come to front and connectors to back - this way it could be optionally rack-mountable or free standing unit - in both cases cables would go much neater. Price difference to X32R should be noticeable.
My two euro-cents
