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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Lorentz" data-source="post: 58826" data-attributes="member: 1786"><p>re: X32 Discussion</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Having missed the Manhattan demo's (where I live) I made the trek out to the Guitar Center (Garden City LI) & spent some time with "John Dinicola" who is a Product Support Specialist with Behringer for the North East. John came into the store carrying the X32 (sans case) & quickly set it up and although we where maybe not in an ideal situation (in the middle of a Guitar Center) John quickly hooked up a PS-16M (Personal Monitor System), plugged in a pair of powered speakers belonging to the store, a MBP & S-16, an SM58 & some playback tracks from the MBP & we where off!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>John was very knowledgable & has an easy manner & gave us a fairly extensive Demo & we (only 4 of us which worked out great for us!) jumped on the board & I have to say it is very impressive I think ESPECIALLY for under $3k!!! The mind boggles. John explained that Behringer makes there own Faders (which are replaceable individually if & when one goes down) This was a significant saving for them which helped keep the cost down (when they started designing the X32 they thought it would be in the $5/6k range so kudos too them for bringing it in under $3k. </p><p>The Pre's sounded good (in a challenging environment) the Faders feel responsive if a little on the light side. The pots & switches all felt fairly solid & the layout is great. Very easy to understand without a Manual for a basic setup. I reckon anyone with a little knowledge of Digital Mixers could be up & running with only a couple of hours of use! Then you can delve deeper, that's one of the most positive things about the X32. It has a great user interface!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have my own grips with Behringer over the years and still own a 'Composer' (along w/ 2x Distressors, DBX 160x, DBX 166) a HA4700 phones amp & a Splitter/Mixer that I use in my project studio daily & always thought they make some very handy tools at a low price but I never liked ANY of their Mixing boards except for the little 4 into 2 mix pad kinda thing which at times is a handy little tool. </p><p>My only point here is that I've had good & bad Behringer experience over the years as you all have & I really do NOT want to get into any discussions about that but, I believe that the X32 'can' be a game changer and that Behringer seem to be trying very hard to change their image & I want one!!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>My main concern prior to getting my hands on this board was that it might "feel" cheap which it doesn't. It can be picked up by the handles on either side by one person fairly easily but feels solid too. </p><p></p><p></p><p>LS9 watch out!!!! Is what I'm thinking!</p><p>I don't think it's really going to take over the StudioLive market as that's a "somewhat" different user but I'm sure Presonus are scrambling to make a 32ch board which can only be a positive for users!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I would like to thank "John Dinicola" again for letting us tool around with his baby for a whil &being an all round decent bloke!! </p><p>Cheers!</p><p></p><p></p><p>PS- Take a look at the Sonicstate video review, it goes over most of the features & they are doing another more extensive later!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Lorentz, post: 58826, member: 1786"] re: X32 Discussion Having missed the Manhattan demo's (where I live) I made the trek out to the Guitar Center (Garden City LI) & spent some time with "John Dinicola" who is a Product Support Specialist with Behringer for the North East. John came into the store carrying the X32 (sans case) & quickly set it up and although we where maybe not in an ideal situation (in the middle of a Guitar Center) John quickly hooked up a PS-16M (Personal Monitor System), plugged in a pair of powered speakers belonging to the store, a MBP & S-16, an SM58 & some playback tracks from the MBP & we where off!! John was very knowledgable & has an easy manner & gave us a fairly extensive Demo & we (only 4 of us which worked out great for us!) jumped on the board & I have to say it is very impressive I think ESPECIALLY for under $3k!!! The mind boggles. John explained that Behringer makes there own Faders (which are replaceable individually if & when one goes down) This was a significant saving for them which helped keep the cost down (when they started designing the X32 they thought it would be in the $5/6k range so kudos too them for bringing it in under $3k. The Pre's sounded good (in a challenging environment) the Faders feel responsive if a little on the light side. The pots & switches all felt fairly solid & the layout is great. Very easy to understand without a Manual for a basic setup. I reckon anyone with a little knowledge of Digital Mixers could be up & running with only a couple of hours of use! Then you can delve deeper, that's one of the most positive things about the X32. It has a great user interface! I have my own grips with Behringer over the years and still own a 'Composer' (along w/ 2x Distressors, DBX 160x, DBX 166) a HA4700 phones amp & a Splitter/Mixer that I use in my project studio daily & always thought they make some very handy tools at a low price but I never liked ANY of their Mixing boards except for the little 4 into 2 mix pad kinda thing which at times is a handy little tool. My only point here is that I've had good & bad Behringer experience over the years as you all have & I really do NOT want to get into any discussions about that but, I believe that the X32 'can' be a game changer and that Behringer seem to be trying very hard to change their image & I want one!!! My main concern prior to getting my hands on this board was that it might "feel" cheap which it doesn't. It can be picked up by the handles on either side by one person fairly easily but feels solid too. LS9 watch out!!!! Is what I'm thinking! I don't think it's really going to take over the StudioLive market as that's a "somewhat" different user but I'm sure Presonus are scrambling to make a 32ch board which can only be a positive for users!! I would like to thank "John Dinicola" again for letting us tool around with his baby for a whil &being an all round decent bloke!! Cheers! PS- Take a look at the Sonicstate video review, it goes over most of the features & they are doing another more extensive later! [/QUOTE]
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