[NFCB] LPB Blue 5C Console Repair

[Read, Aaron]

BTW, as a final followup...I finally learned what the "cheapo" mix
console was that I was originally thinking about: the DBD AirOne.  Their
website is all in Spanish, though.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.dbdaudio.
com/air_one.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D
dbd%2Bairone%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.moz
illa:en-US:official%26hs%3DvV3%26sa%3DG

http://www.dbdaudio.com/air_one.htm

In all honesty, though, I suspect the Broadcast Tools mixer is probably
a better one.  The only time I saw an AirOne in the flesh was about four
years ago, and at the time I think it was just over $3000 in price,
which was VERY cheap (comparatively)...but it wasn't all that great a
console, really.

________________________________________
Aaron Read / WEOS 89.7 General Manager
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY 14456
read at hws.edu  315-781-3811
 

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> 
> The piper always gets paid, Al...if a station can't afford a 
> $1500 console, what makes you think it can afford the parts 
> and engineering time it will take to rehab an old one?
> 
> I mean, sure, if you happen to have a competent engineer 
> willing to do the work for free, that certainly changes the 
> situation.  But that also raises its own set of issues, too.
> 
> ________________________________________
> Aaron Read / WEOS 89.7 General Manager
> Hobart & William Smith Colleges
> Geneva, NY 14456
> read at hws.edu  315-781-3811
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > If you have people willing to do the work, a big old 
> console in poor 
> > condition might be the best choice.  You probably will need 
> to replace 
> > the coupling caps and clean the switches and faders.  If it has P&G 
> > faders, it's worth saving.
> > 
> > Analog consoles pretty simple conceptually.  Even if the 
> exact model 
> > has been discontinued many years ago, everything is standard enough 
> > that parts availability should not be a problem.
> > 
> > Refurbing an old console can be a significant team builder.  
> > Getting involved with something like this could attract tech people 
> > who would not come otherwise.  For this, it might be worth 
> it even if 
> > you can afford a new one.
> > 
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