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MGR/Anonymous « Crest Audio XR 20 »
Published on 04/26/06 at 15:00Church rock / blues / modern rock / classic rock
Don't know it was already there when I joined the church.
For a small unit, it has lots of Aux sends (6) that can be set either as pre or post in groups of two. Two parametric midrange tone control per channel (plus treble and bass control)is useful. The sound is pretty clean. In my opinion it's cleaner than the Crest's larger HP 8 series board.
For a 20 ch board designed for live sound it makes you wonder why they didn't put a global mute switch. Every channel must be muted individually. There's no connector for lights. It's pain to use the board in a dark place. All the connectors are on its back side, so it becomes obligatory that you put it on a rack that has tiltable feature (which means more money). $ 2K price tag seems high in this day and age. You can probably find a comparable unit for lot less money.
Construction is solid. Quality seems high too. The unit we have is less than a year old, so we don't know how good it will put up to on the road usage.
If you must have six Aux (pre or post) send on a small rack mountable mixer, then this unit is definitely one choice to consider. By the same token, if you must have two sweepable midrange tone control, this unit has it.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Don't know it was already there when I joined the church.
For a small unit, it has lots of Aux sends (6) that can be set either as pre or post in groups of two. Two parametric midrange tone control per channel (plus treble and bass control)is useful. The sound is pretty clean. In my opinion it's cleaner than the Crest's larger HP 8 series board.
For a 20 ch board designed for live sound it makes you wonder why they didn't put a global mute switch. Every channel must be muted individually. There's no connector for lights. It's pain to use the board in a dark place. All the connectors are on its back side, so it becomes obligatory that you put it on a rack that has tiltable feature (which means more money). $ 2K price tag seems high in this day and age. You can probably find a comparable unit for lot less money.
Construction is solid. Quality seems high too. The unit we have is less than a year old, so we don't know how good it will put up to on the road usage.
If you must have six Aux (pre or post) send on a small rack mountable mixer, then this unit is definitely one choice to consider. By the same token, if you must have two sweepable midrange tone control, this unit has it.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com