Yamaha 166 CX vs Alesis Sudio 32

[Rockboy]

Hey Group,

I just picked up a Yamaha 166 cx for a great price and now have the option of a good condition Alesis Sudio 32.
The board need to share duty in the studio for mostly drums and also to play out. The 166 is ok but I was wondering
if anyone had hands on for the 32 ?? Is it to fragile to take out on the town??

Robb

[Grant Bunter]

Hey Group,

I just picked up a Yamaha 166 cx for a great price and now have the option of a good condition Alesis Sudio 32.
The board need to share duty in the studio for mostly drums and also to play out. The 166 is ok but I was wondering
if anyone had hands on for the 32 ?? Is it to fragile to take out on the town??

Robb

Sound on sound (UK) gives the Alesis Studio 32 a "this is better than most other Alesis mixers" type review.

The manual suggests that it has a place in live sound reinforcement and that additional rack ears are available for rack mounting. Should be fine in a quality road case.

It does not have on board FX like the yammy.
Couple of things I saw in the manual:
An XLR plug plugged into a channel mutes line input facility. So if you use a patchbay, you need to unplug the XLR to get line input unmuted.
75Hz HP on each channel independent of EQ.

Hope this helps...

[gdougherty]

Avoid the Alesis. Was my first board and an upgrade to a Yamaha MG series was a night and day difference in clarity. I would not use it in studio or live. As a live board, it developed problems after 2-3 years of relatively light occasional use.

[Rockboy]

Thanks - That input is what I was looking for !!!!

Robb

[mlkras]

I also owned one, purchased used, for a while and I did not like it for live since it had quite a few quirky characteristics and it was a bit noisy. My sense was that it would be better for recording. The Yamaha MG or an Onyx are probably better bets for you either new or used. In the end I guess it is a matter of budget and what you would pay for the mixer.

No point in having Neuman microphones if you are using Behrry preamps etc.