Hi All, I'm looking for a bit of advice. I'm gonna try and make this concise (oooh a rhyme...how nice)... I have a Midas MR18 - Which I adore. I am looking to build a rack which will act as the FOH AND monitor rack for 60% of the time - but on bigger gigs (festivals etc) will act as JUST a monitor rack, and provide a self sufficient, and most importantly, stable, IEM mix for all band members. I have proper, transformer based signal splitters which will allow me to take each input, and split it two ways. Obviously one signal would go to the MR18 permanently. The other would then pass through, untouched, to the FOH - but my question is how to reliably and effectively have this connection made. Originally I had thought I would build a rack panel with 16 XLR's for the back of the rack, and then carry a 3m, 16 way XLR Loom. But I am now wondering whether it would be simpler, and frankly a lot less soldering, to use two 25 pin D sub connection looms, with two couplers in a rack panel (cheaply available, pre-made) I had also considered EDAC - But last time I used EDAC it was such a fiddly nightmare that I gave up building the loom for it. So my options here as I see them: 16 way patch panel, with a 16 way multi core (lots of soldering, but potentially easier to manage) or2 X 8 Way looms, with 2 X D-sub connectors, and I'd then get 2 X D-sub to male looms as well. (simple connection, tidy rack panel - but potentially more fragile?) Budget is of course an issue - I'm a poor musician - but suggestions of alternatives that I haven't considered, would be very welcome! Brad