On 2004-12-27, Richard Kuschel wrote:

Anybody notice how we seem to get this nonsense during Christmas and Spring
Break?

Well, at least in this case, part of the argument is sound. There's
nothing wrong with a Behringer or Mackie mixer, and if you're beyond
the capabilities of one of those, you'll be spending quite a bit more
money before you do much better.

Between the few-hundred-dollar prosumer preamps and the
thousand-dollar-and-up preamps, it is largely a matter of opinion
as to the relative merits of the various products.