[Mike Rivers]

On 5/20/2011 10:31 PM, mcp6453 wrote:

The Spirit only has 4 aux sends, and two of them are pre-fader. The Mackie 1640i
has 6 aux sends with all 6 switchable pre or post. The Mackie seems to be the
winner at the moment, but I'm so turned off by the headroom problem on the
1402-VLZ Pro that I'm hesitant to purchase a Mackie.

First, there's no headroom problem with the VLZ if you use it correctly
(like the manual says). But knowing that people don't read manuals and
will forget about safe gain setting in the heat of the moment, the VLZ3
borrowed some tricks from the Onyx and they reduced the internal level
of the mixer, making it up at the output since quieter parts are
available now.

If I had room for it, I would dig out my Tascam M520. Problem solved. The darned
thing is too big for my studio.

Do you know how big a 1640i is? It's pretty big, too. Not so wide, but
deeeeeeep!

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