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ALLEN & HEATH GOOD MIXING BOARD?

#6
I´d say they´re OK for the money. Not stellar considering the sound and features, but good "bang-for-buck-ratio". Doing sound for a living, I consider most A&H boards "budget" (excluding only the very high-end models).
 
#7
Our band bought one a couple months ago, and it's fine for the money (and for what we need it do).

Ours has some built-in reverb pre-sets that I'm sure are not as good of quality as a dedicated outboard unit, but they're functional enough (cover/bar band, it's not like our crowds notice that stuff much anyway).
 
#9
I just used one of them Mixwizard things last night for the first time.

Seemed alright for that sort of level of mixer. 6 aux's, nice long throw faders, decent EQ, phantom power selectable per channel. The effects were kind of goofy, but whatever.

Thing is actually modular(at least the channel strips), which I don't think I've ever seen on a board this cheap before.
 
#10
A and H are really good boards. I think Yamaha is a better bang for the buck and has really good built in effects. A & H are very good boarda, very clean and quiet..faders and construction is quality. I think the mixwiz I was looking at was somewhat pricey IMO without any effects built in though. Not sure of the model so we went with Yamaha.
 
#11
I love the A & H stuff - not as fancy or high end as the $$$ Midas stuff, but very good, and much better than what you normally find at clubs. Great features, too.

Ricplaya - funny you mention the Yamaha. What model? For 2 years I did sound at a club here in NYC that has an MG24fx console. My take? Crappy preamps, a harsh midrange bump to the EQ, and cheesy construction. Literally, something new would break every week even after casual use.
 
#12
projectMalamute said:
I just used one of them Mixwizard things last night for the first time.

Seemed alright for that sort of level of mixer. 6 aux's, nice long throw faders, decent EQ, phantom power selectable per channel. The effects were kind of goofy, but whatever.
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You can tweak the effects via computer interface, but I always thought they were a little goofy too. My MixWiz served me fine for the couple of years I owned it, but IMO the GL series is a worthy upgrade if you have the dough.

Thing is actually modular(at least the channel strips), which I don't think I've ever seen on a board this cheap before.

That was a big bonus in my eyes, along with the per-channel phantom assignment.
 
#13
AndyLES said:
I love the A & H stuff - not as fancy or high end as the $$$ Midas stuff, but very good, and much better than what you normally find at clubs. Great features, too.

Ricplaya - funny you mention the Yamaha. What model? For 2 years I did sound at a club here in NYC that has an MG24fx console. My take? Crappy preamps, a harsh midrange bump to the EQ, and cheesy construction. Literally, something new would break every week even after casual use.
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I have the MG CX model. It's not a high end model, but a good bang for the buck. Decent effx, and I didn't notice anything really cheap. It's a clean sounding board and good for the price and adequate. A&H stuff is better quality the the entry level Yammie stuff, but from I remember A&H is twice the amount of money with no effx.
 
#15
Peraonally, I would get soundcraft instead. But that's just me. I have seen too many problems with the A&H. But being fair, I have only used the GL3,4, and 4000's. Lots of solder joint problems due to the design. Connectors are soldered onto a circuit board, so after alot of plugging, unplugging they tend to fracture. I had a mixwiz for awhile, it was decent for the money. Head and shoulders above mackie or behringer, but soundcraft is my favorite budget console today.
 
#17
After limping along with an inadequate Yamaha board for the past few years, I recently upgraded to an Allen & Heath MixWizard 16:2. To my ears, the A&H channel-strip pre-amps sound significantly better than the Yamaha.

With the A&H I have 6 auxes; I'm using auxes 1-4 for separate monitor mixes, 5 for effects, and 6 to drive aux-fed sub-woofers.

The only thing I miss from the Yamaha mixer is the provision of compression on several of the channel strips; time to invest in outboard compression fopr the A&H.
 
#20
Passinwind said:
The MixWiz does have onboard EFX. There's a MIDI interface for EFX editing via A&H's free editing/librarian app. Many of the other newer A&H boards have EFX, but many don't as well.
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I swear I was looking at a mix wiz with no efx, I must be wrong. The AH was around 1000.00 USD, I remember the Yammie being a little over half of what that cost with efx. AH are great boards no doubt.
 

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