I posted a couple years ago. I was interested in getting a digital mixer. I was considering both the Touchmix and the Line 6. I read several threads about both. Several things were taken into consideration when I finally purchased a board. I chose the Touchmix 8. It had great reviews, as did the Line 6. Eventually I chose the Touchmix based on price and recommendations. Several people I spoke with said that QSC is basically all about sound reinforcement and that there have been little issue with the product. They said Line 6 was more about guitars and amps, and that I probably couldn't rely on customer service should something go wrong as the md20 really wasn't a major item for the company. Over the years the QSC has worked well. I did have some issues however. The first was when the board would shut down. Turned out it was a loose power cord. This turned out to be a relatively common problem. QSC was great to deal with. The provided a new cord without charge, and in a timely manner. I also experienced some issue with channels shutting down during a show. It stopped when I rebooted during the gig. When this happened, QSC had released an update, and my issue may have been due to me not updating my software. Since then, QSC has released yet another update. I was disappointed when I got the board as there was no feedback suppression. I purchased two dbx Go Racks and that solved my feedback problems. The new QSC software update included a RTA and feedback suppression. I still haven't worked out how to use these features and continue to use my dbx units.
I recently started thinking it might be a good idea to get a back-up board, in case something happened to my QSC. I was originally thinking about an analog board, the Mackie FXPro12. But while searching, I noticed that the price on the Line 6 board has come down to $999.00. So now I'm thinking about that board again. Based on all the info out there, it continues to look really user friendly, especially for a non-techno guy like me. But I'm wondering about how they are holding up. The Line 6 board has been out for a while. How are they holding up for you folks who have them? Any issues? Any regrets?
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