benweblight Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 where is a good place to find 2nd hand folio, yamaha mgs, behringer ubs, and mackies? there is no peply in classifieds so ithough id put it here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 I personaly would be dubious of second hand folio behringer or mackie mixers and would probably only look at one if it had been newly second hand (if that makes any sense) Have a look at the Sound on Sound Readers ads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmonk Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 what sound desk are you particularly looking to buy? Behringer UBS mixers are cheap cheap new, and Yamaha MG mixers are very competitively priced new as well... the obvious place to look is Ebay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 I'd buy new - the saving you'd make is so small because of the low prices anyway, and you get the knowledge that you've got an new item with warranty etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benweblight Posted August 15, 2004 Author Share Posted August 15, 2004 I forgot to mention, other than ebayim not sure which desk to get, but that is a different topic, that I smy top 4 at the mo ,yes the yamaha and behringers are cheap new, but I get more chs 2nd hand, also, foloios/mackies arent so cheap new, im talking about £100-160 budget here, as im generally a lighting man myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 What do you want it for as a lighting man? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 im talking about £100-160 budget here<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Get a new Behringer then - they're probably the only good value desks in that price range. The Spirits are better desks but you won't get a well treated one second hand for that much. Mackies are horrible and I'm yet to be convinced by a Yamaha MG desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benweblight Posted August 15, 2004 Author Share Posted August 15, 2004 one of the first people who has said thathave you used them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Just a thought If you want a decent sized desk I've a 16:4:2 Allen & Heath flightcased in the classifieds that no-one seems interested in at the moment... James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benweblight Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 sorry james, im not buying straight away, but if you still have it in a few monts I might be interested mind you, maybe sept/oct? is it guna be costy/hard to fix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 one of the first people who has said thathave you used them?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Which bit? I've used them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 sorry james, im not buying straight away, but if you still have it in a few monts I might be interested mind you, maybe sept/oct? is it guna be costy/hard to fix?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well I bought it as my first main mixer a number of years ago with 1 dead channel and 1 dead group meaning to get it fixed at the first opertunity, however I never needed to - I mean 15ch rather than 16? and 3 groups rather than 4? It did everything I needed of it -til I had to move to a substantialy larger frame size. Now it's sitting doing nothing and I would rather it got used somewhere. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Wilbraham Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 If looking for a secondhand mixer for either live or FOH you could consider an older but very reliable 200b series genuine Soundcraft. I have several of these desks in formats from 8 into 4 to 32 into 4. With channels being interchangeable, you can swap out a faulty chanel so quickly and you can occasionally pick up an 8-4 for about £ 100 on ebay. You then have a quality desk similar to the current K series but a couple of grand less. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benweblight Posted August 24, 2004 Author Share Posted August 24, 2004 What do you want it for as a lighting man? James<{POST_SNAPBACK}> sorry james, missed your questionalthough I am primarily I a lighting man Iwould li8ke to be able to provide some sound, should the occasion arise (am dram etc.), also I do a bit of mucking around on cubase etc and would luike a proper mixer to use in a possible sort of garage 'studio' I might have soon.I deperately need to learn a bit more sound really. all I have at the moment is my old, defunt 8:2 and my new ub802, for small stuff (see recent posts) althouugh I could probably only offer a pair of homemade full ranges (not too shabby) and a quad 405 in terems of speakers ( maybe a pair of subbish speakers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benweblight Posted August 29, 2004 Author Share Posted August 29, 2004 what if I could get a behringer mx2642a console (or other desk in range)for £150, would that be a better bet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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