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Alesis GIGAMIX-8FX*8
Anyone had a chance to check out the Alesis GIGAMIX-8FX*8 Powered Mixer?
I assume this would be far better than anything from Behringer... Still working on raising funds for a sound system for monthly contra (folk) dance with live bands providing the music. Thanks, Phil -- send real mail to phil (letter gee) (number two) at mac dot (sounds like) calm |
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Phil Good-Elliott wrote:
Anyone had a chance to check out the Alesis GIGAMIX-8FX 8 Powered Mixer? I assume this would be far better than anything from Behringer... Still working on raising funds for a sound system for monthly contra (folk) dance with live bands providing the music. At most of the dances I go to, that is handled as follows: Find a musician who owns a sound system. Invite him or her to join the contradance band. g I wouldn't expect a huge difference between the two brands you mentioned, but that's based on reputation, not direct experience. It looks like the Alesis (Giga8FX) costs about $120 more than the comparable Behringer (PHM880S). Both are pretty darn cheap - $500 to $600 for eight channels of mic pres, plus a 400 WPC stereo power amp. Sometimes you get what you pay for. Mackie has a similar unit (808S) for $850 to $900, and a mono version (808M) for $100 less. I'd expect it to have fewer gimmicks and both better build quality and better audio quality. But again, I haven't actually used any of these items. All three companies do some creative things when rating their amplifier power. Alesis and Behringer just quote 400 watts, with no additional information. That tends to suggest that the claims are pretty grossly exaggerated. Mackie calls their amps 600 watts per channel. But they go on to mention that this is when driving a 2 ohm load. However, they also give some real specs for their amps if you dig a bit deeper. Turns out that they are 240 watts per channel into 8 ohms with both channels driven at no more than .1% THD from 40Hz to 20KHz. (And the mere fact that they can drive a 2 ohm load says something good about their amps.) 240 watts per channel is probably plenty of power for a contradance. And I'm betting that if you similarly rated the Alesis and Behringer units for clean power, they'd come in somewhere below that 240 watt figure. Which may still be perfectly adequate, but without accurate specs it's hard to be sure. |
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