Well, I did it. Sprung for a ZED 24, should have it by mid next week!!
This mixer is the perfect size and has the perfect feature set for me right now. I would
love to have 2 sweepable mids on this board, but you can't have everything for 700 bucks, right? I couldn't justify
the added cost of going with a 420 for just that band of EQ. And I didn't really want
busses, etc. Just 16x2 with 4 stereo channels thrown in... perfect.
I was slightly torn between this and some older, cooler mixer... but since I had half of
this thing paid for in the form of store credit at my regular gear store, I figured it was a
cheap way to serve my immediate needs and check out the A & H vibe. Never mixed
on one before, so if I like it maybe I will get a ZED R24 in the future or some other
fancier A & H, like the one with the dual tube preamps built in (forget the model...)
Just wanted to say thanks again Mike for the answers, and to everyone else for a great
thread. Excited to be stepping into some A & H goodness!