[Scott Dorsey]

wrote:
On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:02:52 AM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:
wrote:

I know someone who has been doing that with a Tapco of all things. She's
up to nearly 40 years now. It's had new caps and a bunch of new pots, but
it's still the same Tapco.

I think 90% of the reason for this is that the Tapco controls are not
directly board-mounted.

Tapco is low end line of Mackie. Does Mackie lasts even more than that? I have 15 year old Mackie 32-8, but it never left the studio.

I would be worried about the current Mackies because the controls are board
mounted, so if there is stress on the panel or the frame it is apt to damage
the controls. The advantage of the old Tapcos is that the whole frame can
flex without damage. A lot of older mixers were built that way, but it's
much more expensive than putting everything on the board because it requires
hand assembly. So you will only find that sort of construction on more
expensive products today.
--scott

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