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Originally Posted by drbam  To be clear, I'm not bashing the sound of the Onyx mixers or the Perkins eq. I like them a lot and use an Onyx 24/4 in my studio (w/PSU modded for external placement).
I am saying that the build quality and overall QC sucks compared to their earlier models. Take one of them apart and you will see what I mean. I also heard from an extremely reliable source (a major retailer whom I've worked with for a decade) that Mackie has 2 warehouses just for the returns. Apparently they don't bother to fix them because they find it cheaper to just send the customer a new unit. dfegad |
That is true with anything. Neumann doesn't repair electronics in their mics either. Behringer compacts their returns. $75/hour bench tech time vs. $35 to replace a $150 retail box...you do the math. I would rather have a new unit than a repaired one myself. This is the age in which we live.