Re: Rackmount 1-space stereo line mixers?

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

I've got the LM 308 and it's great.  Would be nice if it had an effects 
loop, but 8 stereo channels take up a lot of jack space.  I couldn't 
imagine having many more.

Mark

On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 07:10 PM, Mike Barrs wrote:

>> From: wavelet [mailto:wavelet@petebrunelli.com]
>>
>> I've been using a Ashly single space 8 channel, and it is a very
>> versatile mixer but it lacks sends/returns.  It is basically
>> a broadcast mixer but it has great fidelity and stereo/mono
>> capability.  MX308   is the model, but it may have been replaced.
>> It isn't in my rack at the moment because it is on loan but
>> I've had noting but positive experiences with it.
>
> I think the current model is the Ashly LX 308B, 8 stereo pairs, but 
> the main
> thing is it has a headphone jack with a separate level control. That's 
> the
> one I'm still leaning towards, since I need the ability to kill the 
> main
> outputs and listen to just headphones when I practice. I need the 
> headphone
> jack more than I need the full stereo FX loop feature I was looking 
> for. It
> seems to be impossible to get both those features in the same 1u line 
> mixer.
>
> Thanks again to everyone for the feedback!
>
> Mike Barrs
>