Sales Dude McBoob wrote:I'm glad A&H are helping you guys out.
A&H make great mixers. I feel so pleased with myself when I can convince someone to step-up to an A&H as opposed to a Mackie or worse. I don't work on commission, so it makes no difference to me financially, I just believe in Allen & Heath as a company and I'm happy I can help keep them around.
Our sales manager said something really poignant recently. He said "The world of pro audio manufacturing is in a race to zero.". He's totally right. Just when you thought Behringer was the bottom of the bucket, suddenly there's Phonic, an even cheaper line of mixers that totally and unapologetically steal their designs of Behringer, who stole their design from Mackie, etc, etc.
A&H is the real thing. I can understand that the first generation is having issues. We all know that story. The 3D would be a great tool to have in the home studio or in the booth. Yes redundant or not, it has a real A&H mixer inside of it so it's always going to be useful. More power to you early adopters! I'm jelous because that thing is one of the prettiest machines I've even seen in my life. The first time I saw it I couldn't move for about 10 minutes.
I think you are talking about A&H studio mixers, because you wouldnt reccommend a xone:3d in a studio or similar setup - would you?
I disagree with what your saying as a general thing. You will always get low budget rubbish like behringer, M-audio, Edirol etc etc, to you and me they are not worth bothering with, i no longer own any behringer stuff because the quality isnt there.
But to the 15 year old kid who bought his first mixer or speakers with the little money he does have - its a big start to pro engineering career.
Ive been there, i have every confidence most people on this forum have been there.
Without the cheap stuff not as many people would be doing what we are doing.
I really like the yamaha 02r & 01v series of mixers, and of course SSL.
A&H are just another good make, like a few others. a good average.