[BC] Console suggestions

[Glen Kippel]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:43 PM, <tpt at literock93r.com> wrote:

>
> High school station (small class A facility~900 watts at 200') looking to
> build a studio for production, training, etc... Presently have a six channel
> Auditronics 2500 in their one and only studio. May be able to get a grant
> for another console, but maximum $$ from the grant looks to be $3,000.


Any suggestions on new equipment now on the market in this price range?
PA-style stuff with too many knobs (e.g.--Mackie, etc.) is out. Anything
Arrakis I've seen looks like something that should be left out in the desert
for the sand worms.
AEQ? the BC312 is listed at $2700, but I've never seen one.

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I bought an AEQ BC500 once and I liked it, but it's outside your price
range.  The BC300 series look like toys in comparison.  They may work well,
though.

The new small Audioarts AIR-1 and AIR-2 look interesting but are still a bit
small for my taste.  The Arrakis ARC-10 also looks promising, and I expect
to take a peek at it next week at the NAB.  In spite of what some people say
about Arrakis, KWXY has a 12000 in Production B and it has given us no
problems whatsoever.  I wish I could say that about our Audioarts R-60.
Really flaky switches.

Also, check out the stuff from Axel Technology.  The Oxygen 3 sells for less
than half of your budget, and the Oxygen 4 and 5 look interesting, too.