Prev: Oscillation problems WAS C-Audio schematic?
Next: Rock Band PA Suggestions
From: Joe Kotroczo on 3 Jul 2008 08:24
On 3/07/08 14:01, in article yc3bk.9766$CC.3608(a)bignews9.bellsouth.net,
"0junk4me(a)bellsouth.net" <0junk4me(a)bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On 2008-07-03 philallison(a)tpg.com.au said:
>> ** The pots used in the Midas Venice are near impossible to clean -
>> they are fully sealed types.
>> IME, they all go bad after only a few years and cause major
>> problems, then there are the dodgy ribbon cables.
>> A desk to avoid.
> A friend of mine in the midwest who *will* not read this
> group concurs with PHil's opinion here.
> ONly been behind one, iirc short faders.
>
>
>>> A friend of mine (my former repairman, who now installs & repairs
>>> electron microscopes) told me that there my be electromagnetic
>>> crosstalk in the system. Due to poor shields and/or high power
>>> speaker cables near mic cables.
>> ** Wot ridiculous BOLLOCKS !!!
> IF there's poor shielding it's inside the desk imho. Again
> iirc the Venice was MIdas' attempt at the budget end of the
> market.

We had a thread on this back in 2001:

http://groups.google.lu/group/alt.audio.pro.live-sound/browse_thread/thread/
18c7364e88b2047c/c1f0daff17978ca2?lnk=st&q=midas+venice+dynacord#c1f0daff179
78ca2

The claim was that the Venice is a Dynacord with a Midas label on it.

--
Joe Kotroczo kotroczo(a)mac.com

From: Eeyore on 3 Jul 2008 15:07


Joe Kotroczo wrote:

> "0junk4me(a)bellsouth.net" <0junk4me(a)bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > IF there's poor shielding it's inside the desk imho. Again
> > iirc the Venice was MIdas' attempt at the budget end of the
> > market.
>
> We had a thread on this back in 2001:
>
> http://groups.google.lu/group/alt.audio.pro.live-sound/browse_thread/thread/
> 18c7364e88b2047c/c1f0daff17978ca2?lnk=st&q=midas+venice+dynacord#c1f0daff179
> 78ca2
>
> The claim was that the Venice is a Dynacord with a Midas label on it.

Which in turn was previously a DDA. It may even have made a brief appareance as
an Altec IIRC.

Graham

 | 
Pages: 1
Prev: Oscillation problems WAS C-Audio schematic?
Next: Rock Band PA Suggestions