benge Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Which compressor? is best for live sound work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Neve 33609J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Si Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 ok, that question needs to be proceeded by the budget you have - I presume you're buying. I have to say that for me, I use Behringer Composer Pro's and Behringer Multicom Pro's (Yes everyone, I know I have said I don't like the brand. But their compressors are excellent). In the same ish price bracket you have the dBx 266, which is a good unit. not used that one much though. Up from that I guess it's gonna be KT's and BSS's and XTA's. - That's going out of my league though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueShift Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 ok, that question needs to be proceeded by the budget you have - I presume you're buying. I have to say that for me, I use Behringer Composer Pro's and Behringer Multicom Pro's (Yes everyone, I know I have said I don't like the brand. But their compressors are excellent). In the same ish price bracket you have the dBx 266, which is a good unit. not used that one much though. Up from that I guess it's gonna be KT's and BSS's and XTA's. - That's going out of my league though.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I second the behringer composer comment. While they may not be the most prestigous or the highest quality sound reinforcement brand, their compressors are very good. The new pro-xl range are particularly good, definately a step up from the old composer range. I have also used the KT ones a bit, as well as the DBX 266 and both are good units. However, I didnt really feel that the DBX was worth the extra over the new behringer pro xl stuff, buit then again I didnt use it on the best rig so my opinion may have been limited by my application of it. The klark technik ones are very good, but they are pricey - so as Mr. Si says, its a budget question there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benge Posted May 6, 2005 Author Share Posted May 6, 2005 My Budget: I've been looking at about £150 inc Vat..... I've been looking at the dbx 266XL.... I've used the Behringers myself.... I'm more after reliability as well as a good compressor. Thanks Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audio Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 We have a rack of up to 5 behringer autocoms for musicals, and I also run three in the student radio, and I have found them to be completely reliable. THe ones we use for musicals lead a hard life, being bashed around and racked/un-racked on a regular basis... and have never had any problems with reliability IMHO they're great for the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueShift Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 We have a rack of up to 5 behringer autocoms for musicals, and I also run three in the student radio, and I have found them to be completely reliable. THe ones we use for musicals lead a hard life, being bashed around and racked/un-racked on a regular basis... and have never had any problems with reliability IMHO they're great for the money<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, the behringers are built pretty solid. I had one die on me though the other day, the PSU blew, but it was like 5+ years old and had been chucked around a fair bit so its not massivly surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstace Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 Again I'd favour the Behringer Composers or XL-series, or the DBX mentioned. I love of them dearly, though mostly end up using the Composers. I've also had good results with the Alesis 3630, though it's been a while since I last used one so I can't really remember how it compares sound-wise. Also you might consider the Drawmer range - I've had a good run with them too! C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 The first Behringer thread where people are talking sense! I've got a rack full of them, and love 'em. Very forgiving if you overcook things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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