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Originally Posted by drBill  Now, take 50% of what you were going to spend and find a secure way to invest it. That is perhaps the best advice I can give you. You are going to need it for future gear that you will inevidably find you need, and more importantly, you will use it to buy gear when everyone else is selling because they overbought in an economy that is collapsing. Or maybe for a house downpayment. (Real estate is the ONLY thing that has saved MANY, MANY of us,,,,,)
Good luck.
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I appreciate that, however money is not the issue. I am an owner of a very successful marketing company. Own my house, cars, and have investments. I am looking to upgrade my hobby into something that will last me for a few years (3-4), not pinch pennies necessarily (also don't want to throw good money out the window).
I would have to argue the cheap mackie mixer. While in stores I have routed some audio out of them and IMO it degrades it when coming from a quality source. Why a 2 channel pre? I plan on being able to track more than one thing over the next year or so. Once again I want to buy into a setup I can continue to grow into, not out of.
I have come to a strong realization however that I do need to majorly increase the mic spend. So for now, I plan to drop the receptor and take that $1,500 back into mics. Duende is now on the verge of getting axed as well.
I went back today to a pro-audio store and re-visited the Euphonix, its staying. To me I really love the having what feels like a real mixing console for with 12 faders for under 2k. I like having my hands on faders and the HUI/MIDI controllers just have too much latency for me. The Euphonix controlles really do have a good feel and a lot of control.