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Originally Posted by Lynn Fuston
Really? I only paid $34K for my brand new from-the-factory 80B in 1983. A 32 frame shortloaded with 28. So 28x24x24. Man, I miss that console.
I got that figure from the Orion Blue Book, $35K is what they have listed for the "new retail" price and the desk (at least my version, the 24x16x16) was built around 1990-ish, give or take a few years.
Maybe that number is high but it's the only real point of reference I have. I bought my desk about 5-6 years ago for $7000 and it seems to have held it's value which is a beautiful thing. Either way, I don't care what the desk is worth because at this moment I have no intentions of selling it. Over the years it's played a central role in making records that sound good to me and my clients. I've worked on other desks from SSL's (E to G+) an 8068, various Ameks, Tacs, Yamahas Soundcrafts, Trident 80B's and C's, digital consoles from a Tascam to an SSL Axiom, ITB, etc. The little Series 65 sounds fine to me and gets the job done without getting in the way. Granted, I'm not making $100K records for the majors but I've never had a client (label or otherwise) object to mixing their record on my desk.